
Map of the Human Heart
1992 · Movie · R · 109 min · ★ 6.2 · 75% critics
Set across decades from the Canadian Arctic to wartime London, this romantic drama follows a boy whose early bond with a girl shapes the course of his life. As they reconnect years later, love, distance, and war pull them into a complicated relationship.
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Details
- Years
- 1992
- Release date
- 1993-04-22
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Critic score
- 75/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.2/10 (37 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy sweeping, bittersweet period romances with wartime drama and heightened emotion, somewhat in the vein of The Quiet American; Not for you if you need tight plotting and grounded behavior.
Pros: sweeping romantic scope; memorable moments; earnest emotion | Cons: disjointed storytelling; overly sappy tone; thin character motives
Themes
- world war ii
- inuit
- arctic polar circle region
- interracial romance
- tuberculosis
- snowmobile
- 1940s
- cartographer
- 1930s
Awards & recognition
- AACTA Award — Best Editing · 1993 · nominated
- AACTA Award — Best Sound · 1993 · nominated
- AACTA Award — Best Cinematography · 1993 · nominated
- AACTA Award — Best Film · 1993 · nominated
- AACTA Award — Best Original Music Score · 1993 · nominated
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- AACTA Award — Best Direction · 1993 · nominated
Cast & crew

Jason Scott Lee
as Avik

Robert Joamie
as Young Avik

Anne Parillaud
as Albertine

Annie Galipeau
as Young Albertine

Patrick Bergin
as Walter Russell

Clotilde Courau
as Rainee

John Cusack
as The Mapmaker

Jeanne Moreau
as Sister Banville

Ben Mendelsohn
as Farmboy

Jerry Snell
as Boleslaw
Directed by Vincent Ward