Director:
Asia Argento
Writers:
Asia Argento (screenplay)
J.T. LeRoy (short stories)
Producers:
Brian Young
Alain de la Mata
Chris Hanley
Lawrence E. Davis
Executive Producers:
Kevin Ragsdale
Tricia van Klaveren
Chad Troutwine
Kate Robbins
Damon Martin
Ryan R. Johnson
Gianluca Curti
Georfrey Cox
Lilly Bright
Director of Photography:
Eric Alan Edwards
Original Music:
Marco Castoldi
Billy Corgan
Kim Gordon (as Sonic Youth)
Seven-year-old Jeremiah (Jimmy Bennett) lived a calm, comfortable life in the care of a loving foster home until the day his birth mother Sarah (Asia Argento) suddenly showed up to reclaim him. Torn from the life he knew, Jeremiah is drawn into his mother's reckless world of turmoil and depravity, and a desperate struggle to survive the madness of his surroundings.
The Heart... " is one of those films that comes along every blue moon and slaps the shit out of you with it's brutal honesty and real-life tragedies, taking you to the brink of tears as a child is abused to an uncomfortable easiness as he makes the best of his circumstances......
his is not a fictional grindhouse film, it’s a true story and Argento rises to the task both as actress and director in telling the painful account in an honest, engaging manner. J.T. LeRoy wrote as a form of catharsis and this film is a testament to his survival....
-- FilmThreat
“The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things” is the kind of film for which such mundane terms as “good” and “bad” are irrelevant. Most will find it simply unwatchable and speculate about the mental health of those who would make it and those who would admire it. I wouldn’t argue with such observations but I would disagree with them. Like an early punk record, the film is meant to challenge and inspire and piss people off and I assure you that it did all of those things to me in spades. Spiked with moments of true brilliance, it is the kind of provocation that sends most viewers running for the exits and the remaining few convinced that, good or bad, they have seen something that they will never forget.
-- eFilmCritic
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