The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (2004)
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.
Director:
Asia Argento
Writers:
Asia Argento, Alessandro Magania.
![]() |
Asia Argento as Sarah |
![]() |
Jimmy Bennett as Young Jeremiah |
![]() |
Jeremy Renner as Emerson |
![]() |
Winona Ryder as Psychologist |
![]() |
Ornella Muti as Grandmother |
![]() |
Peter Fonda as Grandfather |
![]() |
Dylan Sprouse as Older Jeremiah |
![]() |
Kara Kemp as Social Worker #1 |
![]() |
Cole Sprouse as Older Jeremiah |
![]() |
Kip Pardue as Luther |
![]() |
Ben Foster as Fleshy Boy |
![]() |
Matt Schulze as Kenny |
![]() |
Michael Pitt as Buddy |
![]() |
Brent Almond as Cop #1 |
![]() |
David Dwyer as Cop #2 |
![]() |
David Brian Alley as Doctor (as David Alley) |
![]() |
Marilyn Manson as Jackson |
![]() |
Lydia Lunch as Social Worker #2 |
![]() |
Tim Armstrong as Stinky |
![]() |
John Robinson as Aaron |
![]() |
Jeremy Sisto as Chester |
![]() |
Russell Durham Comegys as Piggly Wiggly Clerk (as Russ Comegys) |
![]() |
Hasil Adkins as Street Musician |
![]() |
Lisa Stooksbury as Woman in Black |
![]() |
Katharine Franco as Nurse #2 (as Joy Ingram) |
![]() |
Brian Paul as EMT (uncredited) |
| Writing | Asia Argento | Screenplay |
| Production | Shannon Makhanian | Casting |
| Editing | Jim Mol | Editor |
| Art | Max Biscoe | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mel Ottenberg | Costume Design |
| Art | Anuradha Mehta | Set Decoration |
| Camera | Eric Alan Edwards | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Jennifer Fiedler | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Asia Argento | Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fleur Morell | Key Makeup Artist |
| Production | Alain de la Mata | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mel Ottenberg | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mike Potter | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Chris Hanley | Producer |
| Writing | Alessandro Magania | Screenplay |
| Writing | Laura Albert | Novel |
| Production | Roberta Hanley | Producer |
| Production | Jennifer Booth | Co-Producer |
| Production | Lilly Bright | Executive Producer |
| Production | Tricia van Klaveren | Executive Producer |
| Production | Naoki Kai | Executive Producer |
| Production | Hamish McAlpine | Executive Producer |
| Production | Ryan Johnson | Executive Producer |
| Production | Kevin Ragsdale | Executive Producer |
| Production | Damon Martin | Executive Producer |
| Production | Chad Troutwine | Executive Producer |
| Production | David Hillary | Co-Executive Producer |
| Production | Timothy Wayne Peternel | Co-Executive Producer |
| Production | Soo-jun Bae | Co-Producer |
| Production | Geoff Cox | Co-Producer |
| Production | Laura Albert | Associate Producer |
| Production | Catherine Jane Holzer | Associate Producer |
| Production | Brian Young | Producer |
| Sound | Morgan | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Kim Gordon | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Billy Corgan | Original Music Composer |