The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things -

From cult author J.T. LeRoy's best-selling novel The Heart Is Deceitful
Above All Things, comes Asia Argento's bold cinematic adaptation of the
controversial story of a mother and her son living hard and fast in the dark fringes
of America.

Seven-year-old Jeremiah lived a calm, comfortable life in the care of a loving
foster home until the day his young mother Sarah (Argento) came to take him back.
Jeremiah is thrust against his will into his mother's reckless life of turmoil and
depravity, bouncing between desolate truck-stops, flea bag motels, strip joints and
drug dens. Deadbeat surrogate dads swoop in and out of Jeremiah's life until he
finds himself in the custody of his ultra-religious grandparents. Soon after
Jeremiah adapts to his new life as a Christian fundamentalist, Sarah returns to
claim him. Back on the road and bound by a love only a mother and son could have foreach other, Sarah pulls Jeremiah further and further into her dementia. When Sarah is finally and wholly consumed by drugs, prostitution and violence, Jeremiah is
forced into a desperate struggle to survive the madness of his surroundings.

Written and directed by Asia Argento (Scarlet Diva, XXX, Land Of The Dead), and shot by Eric Alan Edwards (Kids, My Own Private Idaho), The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things boasts a stunning cast that includes Academy Award nominee Peter Fonda,Jeremy Renner (North Country), Michael Pitt (Hedwig And The Angry Inch, Last Days), Marilyn Manson, John Robinson (Elephant, Lords Of Dogtown) Jimmy Bennett (Poseidon, Polar Express, Daddy Day Care) and Cole and Dylan Sprouse as Jeremiah. Featuring music by Billy Corgan, Sonic Youth, and Subhumans.

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