1993
R
HBO 3
1 h 49 m

1993
R
HBO 3
1 h 49 m

Summary Fantastic improbabilities, happenstance and the undying bridge of love are part of this romantic fantasy about an Inuit who crosses years, oceans and the ravages of WWII to find his childhood love, a Metis girl, but finds that their cultures are the most difficult spaces to gap.

Directed By: Vincent Ward

Written By: Louis Nowra, Vincent Ward

1993
R
HBO 3
1 h 49 m

1993
R
HBO 3
1 h 49 m

Map of the Human Heart

Name: Map of the Human Heart
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, War
Released: 1993-05-14
Duration: 1 min 49 s
Rating: 71
Cast: Jason Scott Lee, Anne Parillaud, Patrick Bergin, Robert Joamie, Annie Galipeau

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 18 Critic Reviews

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Directed By: Vincent Ward

Written By: Louis Nowra, Vincent Ward

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Generally Favorable Based on 18 Critic Reviews

72% Positive
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17% Mixed
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11% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 18 Critic Reviews

72% Positive
13 Reviews

17% Mixed
3 Reviews

11% Negative
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100

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Map of the Human Heart is a lyrical, gorgeously photographed epic as well as a captivating story of love. Occasionally, its reach exceeds its grasp, but how exciting and rare to see a movie that takes too many chances in an era when most take none at all.

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100

Chicago Sun-Times

One of the best qualities of Map of the Human Heart was that I never quite knew where it was going. It is a love story, a war story, a lifetime story, but it manages to traverse all of that familiar terrain without doing the anticipated.

By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW

Austin Chronicle

Spanning three decades, Map of the Human Heart is one of those rare films that illuminates a single human story, and does it so well that you're hardly aware you're watching a movie.

By Marc Savlov FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

Far more memorable for the spectacular wildness of its Arctic and Dresden scenes (as photographed by Eduardo Serra) than for its uneven efforts to bind such images together.

By Janet Maslin FULL REVIEW

Miami Herald

There's power in this story, even if much of it does owe to a greatly sentimentalized time rather than to genuine virtue. In its new, leaner version, Ward's film does seem twitchy at times -- we're not always sure how the characters got to where they are, emotionally or physically. But it's sweet, too. [14 May 1993, p.G4]

By Bill Cosford FULL REVIEW

The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

But at heart, the terrain mapped by Map of the Human Heart is emotionally shameless; it's a forties movie tossed into the nineties. It should find a lot of fans. [14 May 1993]

By Jay Scott FULL REVIEW

San Francisco Chronicle

Made mostly by white people, it's a film largely about how awful white people are -- just the kind of thing many white viewers will love and consider important. But however you might feel about this kind of movie, Map of the Human Heart is fake merchandise, an unfelt, boring travelogue that covers itself in its anti-racist, anti-war message and then dares audiences to notice its barrenness at the core. [14 May 1993, p.C6]

By Mick LaSalle FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Australian Film Finance Corporation (AFFC), Les Films Ariane, Map Films, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Sunrise Pictures Company, Vincent Ward Films, Working Title Films

Release Date May 14, 1993

Duration 1 h 49 m

Rating R

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Tagline Born in the magic of youth. Forged by the passions of war. Their love knew no boundaries.

Website http://vincentwardfilms.com/films/map-of-the-human-heart/synopsis/

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Awards

Australian Film Institute

• 1 Win & 7 Nominations

Tokyo International Film Festival

• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations

Chicago Film Critics Association Awards

• 1 Nomination

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Jason Scott Lee

Avik

Anne Parillaud

Albertine

Patrick Bergin

Walter Russell

Robert Joamie

Young Avik

Annie Galipeau

Young Albertine

Clotilde Courau

Rainee

John Cusack

The Mapmaker

Jeanne Moreau

Sister Banville

Ben Mendelsohn

Farmboy

Jerry Snell

Boleslaw

Jayko Pitseolak

Avik's Grandmother

Matt Holland

Flight Navigator

Rebecca Vevee

Inuit Cook

Josape Kopalee

Inuit Elder

Reepah Arreak

Avik's Girlfriend

Monique Spaziani

Nurse Beatrice

Harry Hill

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Anik Matern

Thelma

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