Rating: R
Genre:
Drama
Theatrical Release: 03/10/2006(USA
Release Date: 06/06/2006
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD5.1/DD2
Run Time: 98 Minutes
Flags: Graphic Violence, Adult Situations, Strong Sexual Content, Rape & Sexual Abuse, Not For Children, Profanity, Substance Abuse (Alcohol, Drugs), Children in Peril
Distributor/Studio: Palm Pictures
Actress and filmmaker
Asia Argento directed this faithful screen adaptation of the fictional
J.T. Leroy's fictional memoir, which documents a boy's truly harrowing road to adulthood.
Jeremiah (
Jimmy Bennett) is the seven-year-old son of
Sarah (
Asia Argento), an unstable and unwed mother who abandoned her son and left him to be raised by foster parents.
Jeremiah has come to love his guardians, and is devastated when
Sarah arrives at their doorstep, demanding her child back. Threatening
Jeremiah with torture if he tries to run away,
Sarah introduces her young son to drugs and encourages her one-night-stand paramours to help "discipline" her son when she feels his behavior is inappropriate.
Sarah marries a man named
Emerson (
Jeremy Renner), but abandons him shortly afterward;
Emerson responds by molesting
Jeremiah, and soon the child is left in the care of his grandparents (
Peter Fonda and
Ornella Muti), members of a fundamentalist Christian sect which emphasizes child discipline that's strict to the point of abuse. After three years,
Sarah returns with a new husband,
Kenny (
Matt Schulze), and takes
Jeremiah (now played by
Dylan Sprouse and
Cole Sprouse) with her;
Kenny spends most of his time on the road as a trucker, and
Sarah supports the family at home as a stripper and a prostitute.
Sarah also begins dressing her son is girl's clothing, which excites the perverse appetites of
Sarah's latest boyfriend,
Jackson (
Marilyn Manson); she soon leaves
Jackson and pairs off with
Chester (
Jeremy Sisto), a biker with a dangerous way of making a living.
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things premiered at the
2004 Cannes Film Festival, where it was screened as part of the "Directors Fortnight" series.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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