The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (2004)

Behind the greatest hoax of our time is the heartbreaking story that started it all.

97 min★ 6.2 · 7,616 votes

• Drama

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.

Release date

September 15, 2004

Country of origin

United States, Italy, France, United Kingdom

Music

Marco Castoldi, Billy Corgan, Kim Gordon

Budget

$74,050

Box office

$176,153