Map of the Human Heart
Official Section Cannes Film Festival
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A startling epic of seduction! Brave, passionate and wildly beautiful! Brilliant!
Los Angeles Times — Michael Wilmington
- Year:
- 1992
Two children, both cultural outsiders are drawn together by their shared sense of irreverent fun. A friendship which unfolds into a fierce love amidst both the heady freedoms and the terrors of a foreign war.
A chance encounter with map maker Walter Russell will change Avik, the Inuit boy’s life forever. Realising that Avik is suffering from Tuberculosis, Walter takes him far from his native home in the Arctic to the South of Canada for treatment. It is here that Avik meets Albertine, a half French Canadian half Indian girl for whom he will cross oceans and the ravages of war torn Europe to be with her, only to discover that their cultures are the most difficult spaces to traverse…
Directed by Vincent Ward, from his own story, with screenwriter Louis Nowra. Starring Jason Scott Lee, Anne Parrilaud, Patrick Bergin and John Cusack.
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Cast and crew
- Director:
- Vincent Ward
- Writers:
- Vincent Ward and Louis Nowra
- Producers:
- Tim Bevan and Vincent Ward
- Co-producers :
- Sylvaine Sainderichin, Linda Beath, Paul Saltzman and Timothy White
- Executive Producers:
- Harvey and Bob Weinstein, Graham Bradstreet
- Featuring:
- Jason Scott Lee, Anne Parillaud, Robert Joamie, Annie Galipeau, Patrick Bergin, Jeanne Moreau and John Cusack
'Map of the Human Heart' is a traditional romantic adventure seen through the scrim of contemporary social awareness.
The New York Times, reviewed by Caryn James — 1993
The best movies seem to reinvent themselves as they move along, not drawing from worn-out sources, and 'Map of the Human Heart' is one of this year's best films.
Chicago Sun Times, reviewed by Roger Ebert — 1993
Movies, especially ones with broad epic canvas and international logistics, don't often get this intimate. They don't give you such a sense of nerves stripped raw, joy or misery, nakedly expressed. Nor do they try for poetry, and in Map of the Human Heart, Ward is reaching for it, bravely and passionately, in every frame of the picture.
Los Angeles Times, reviewed from Michael Wilmington — 1993
'Map of the Human Heart' will remind you of the magical quality of life and love.
Chicago Tribune, review by Gene Siskel — 1993
An Epic of Human Proportions.
Washington Post, reviewed by Hal Hinson — 1993
This is what movies are about, this is why we love movies!
LA Weekly, reviewed by Steve Erickson — 1993
Radio transcript of review on radio stations across Canada and US
The Siegel Entertainment Syndicate — 1993
Most Significant Artistic Achievement Tokyo Film Festival
— 1993
Young Actors Award – Robert Joamie, Australian Film Institute Awards
— 1993
Nominated Best Picture and Best Director, Australian Film Institute Awards
— 1993
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