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The Heart is Deceitful...Above All Things (2004)

Director: Asia Argento

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From Time Out London

As tough-minded and grown-up a film about child abuse as Gregg Araki’s admittedly superior ‘Mysterious Skin’ (also in the fest), Argento’s second feature chronicles the physical and sexual abuse and neglect endured by a young boy saddled with a hopeless, strung-out mother. Hard to watch but gorgeously photographed, this adaptation of novelist JT Leroy’s autobiographical Southern Gothic sometimes reaches ‘Ratcatcher’-like heights in envisioning child’s-eye dreams and nightmares. Assembling a vivid gallery of cameos – Peter Fonda as a Bible-belt-wielding Jesus freak, Winona Ryder as a child psychologist – Argento also contributes a note-perfect performance as the miserable, monstrous, and – in her own sick way – loving mother.

Author: JWin 0000-00-00 00:00:00

Time Out London Issue 1807: April 6-13 2005

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  • Jean said...
    Posted on Mar 31 2009 12:43 The little boys are great, but the rest is a pile of rubbish. Unwatchable
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  • Jean said...
    Posted on Mar 31 2009 12:42 Quite shit, I must say
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  • Jarred Hurst said...
    Posted on Nov 06 2008 11:18 This is a very powerful movie and book...it is one of my favorite reads and favorite movie. It's very powerful and heart renching
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The Heart is Deceitful...Above All Things

Cast & crew

Director: Asia Argento

Producer: Chris Hanley, Alain de la Mata

Cast: Asia Argento, Peter Fonda, Michael Pitt, Marilyn Manson, Jimmy Bennett, Dylan Sprouse, Cole Sprouse, Ben Foster, Ornella Muti, Kip Pardue full cast

Duration: 97 mins


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