The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things

The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things

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

Directed by Asia Argento

Produced by Muse Productions, BlueLight

200498 min5.8 / 10

A harrowing, intimate portrait of maternal dysfunction and childhood trauma set against a backdrop of addiction, exploitation, and religious extremism.

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.

Questions people ask

  • Is The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things sad? Yes, very. More sad than 99% of films.

  • Is The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.

  • Does The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.

  • Is The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things violent? Yes. More violent than 80% of films.

  • Is The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 72% of films.

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28/ 100

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Rarity66

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Surprise16

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Love15

How much audiences actually like it

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