The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (2004)

Behind the greatest hoax of our time is the heartbreaking story that started it all.

• Drama

Young Jeremiah lives in a stable environment with loving foster parents until the day his troubled mother, Sarah, returns to claim him. Jeremiah becomes swept up in his mother's dangerous world of drugs, seedy hotels, strip joints and revolving lovers. Salvation comes in the form of the boy's ultrareligious grandparents, but soon Jeremiah's mother returns. Maternal love binds the pair together on the road until Sarah's desperate and depraved lifestyle finally consumes her.

Rating

5.8 / 10 (167 votes)

Release date

September 15, 2004

Runtime

1h 38m

Language

English

Director

Asia Argento

Status

Released