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.

2004 en 98 minutes

Rating: 5.8

Plot

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.

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Cast

Asia Argento

Asia Argento

Sarah

Jimmy Bennett

Jimmy Bennett

Young Jeremiah

Jeremy Renner

Jeremy Renner

Emerson

Winona Ryder

Winona Ryder

Psychologist

Ornella Muti

Ornella Muti

Grandmother

Peter Fonda

Peter Fonda

Grandfather

Dylan Sprouse

Dylan Sprouse

Older Jeremiah

Kara Kemp

Kara Kemp

Social Worker #1

Cole Sprouse

Cole Sprouse

Older Jeremiah

Kip Pardue

Kip Pardue

Luther

Ben Foster

Ben Foster

Fleshy Boy

Matt Schulze

Matt Schulze

Kenny

Michael Pitt

Michael Pitt

Buddy

Brent Almond

Brent Almond

Cop #1

David Dwyer

David Dwyer

Cop #2

David Brian Alley

David Brian Alley

Doctor (as David Alley)

Marilyn Manson

Marilyn Manson

Jackson

Lydia Lunch

Lydia Lunch

Social Worker #2

Tim Armstrong

Tim Armstrong

Stinky

John Robinson

John Robinson

Aaron

Jeremy Sisto

Jeremy Sisto

Chester

Russell Durham Comegys

Russell Durham Comegys

Piggly Wiggly Clerk (as Russ Comegys)

Hasil Adkins

Hasil Adkins

Street Musician

Lisa Stooksbury

Lisa Stooksbury

Woman in Black

Katharine Franco

Katharine Franco

Nurse #2 (as Joy Ingram)

Brian Paul

Brian Paul

EMT (uncredited)

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