The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things Movie Review 2004

Sarah (writer/director Argento) is the worst kind of trailer trash--an alcoholic druggie who doesn't say no to any scum's sexual advances--yet social services returns her 7-year-old boy Jeremiah to her, taking him from stable foster parents. After corrupting him with her lifestyle, she dumps him on her very religious parents for three years, but just as the damage is undone, skanky Sarah returns and takes him on the road for more misery. Based on a supposed autobiographical novel by J.T. LeRoy that was later outed as a ruse created by writer Laura Albert.

Distribution

Palm Pictures, 727 N. Hudston St., Ste. 100, Chicago, IL 60610, Phone: (312)751-0020, Fax: (312)751-2483

Available on DVD
Running time 98 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Child Abuse, Strippers, True Stories, Drug Use & Abuse, Rape, Grandparents, American South, Religion

Screenplay

Asia Argento, Alessandro Magania

Cast

Asia Argento, Jimmy Bennett, Cole Sprouse, Dylan Sprouse, Peter Fonda, Ben Foster, Ornella Muti, Kip Pardue, Michael Pitt

Cinematography

Eric Alan Edwards

Director

Asia Argento

Music

Marco Castoldi, Sonic Youth

Other

Jim Mol, Max Biscoe

Producer

Chris Hanley, Alain de la Mata, Roberta Hanley, Brian Young, Palm Pictures