Map of the Human Heart

Map of the Human Heart

Born in the magic of youth. Forged by the passions of war. Their love knew no boundaries.

1993109 min6.3 / 10

An epic, melancholic romance spanning decades and continents, tracing a forbidden love triangle forged across cultural boundaries and wartime upheaval.

In an Arctic village in 1931, British mapmaker Walter Russell selects 12-year-old Eskimo Avik as his guide. When the boy contracts tuberculosis, Walter flies him to a Montreal hospital, where Avik meets Albertine and is infatuated. A decade later, a grown Avik encounters Albertine again in London, where he's serving as a British combat pilot. Despite her relationship with Walter, she and Avik begin an affair.

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