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Bookmark this pageThe 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
Time Out London Issue 1807: April 6-13 2005
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
Rated: 15
Duration: 97 mins
UK Release: Jul 15 2005
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