The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things

The film received a limited release in North America on March 10, 2006, shortly after Laura Albert was revealed to be the actual author of the JT LeRoy books.[3] Sarah (Asia Argento) is the young mother of Jeremiah who has him move back in with her after spending his early years with a stable foster family.Sarah becomes involved with a series of men who treat her and seven-year-old Jeremiah (Jimmy Bennett) poorly, and she uses them as an excuse to abandon her son.After a trip to the hospital, Jeremiah's grandmother (Ornella Muti) takes him to a West Virginian radical Christian cult led by his grandfather (Peter Fonda).After dressing up as a "baby doll" version of Sarah which consisted of her makeup, her white nightgown and her red high heel pumps, Jeremiah seduces Jackson (Marilyn Manson), his mother's latest man, who initially tries to rebuff the boy's advances, but then gives in.
Asia ArgentoThe Heart Is Deceitful Above All ThingsJT LeroyChris HanleyJimmy BennettDylan SprouseCole SprouseMarilyn MansonMarco CastoldiBilly CorganKim GordonPalm PicturesPalisades TartanWild BunchCannesnovel of the same namelimited releaseLaura Albertdrug addictJeremiahAtlantic CityJeremy RennerOrnella MutiWest VirginianChristianPeter FondaMatt Schulzecross-dressmethamphetaminepoisonedpsychosisipecacDylan and Cole SprouseKip PardueJohn RobinsonBen FosterMichael PittJeremy SistoWinona RyderTim ArmstrongThe Starlite DesperationSonic YouthDavid Allan CoeHasil AdkinsPagodaThe SubhumansKnoxville GirlsLoretta LynnReview aggregatorRotten TomatoesMetacriticBritish Board of Film ClassificationBox Office MojoScarlet DivaMisunderstood