Map of the Human Heart

Overview

In an Arctic village in 1931, British mapmaker Walter Russell selects 12-year-old Eskimo Avik as his guide. When the boy contracts tuberculosis, Walter flies him to a Montreal hospital, where Avik meets Albertine and is infatuated. A decade later, a grown Avik encounters Albertine again in London, where he's serving as a British combat pilot. Despite her relationship with Walter, she and Avik begin an affair.

Directed by Vincent Ward

Top cast

Jason Scott Lee

Avik

Robert Joamie

Young Avik

Anne Parillaud

Albertine

Annie Galipeau

Young Albertine

Patrick Bergin

Walter Russell

Clotilde Courau

Rainee

John Cusack

The Mapmaker

Jeanne Moreau

Sister Banville

Ben Mendelsohn

Farmboy

Jerry Snell

Boleslaw

J

Jayko Pitseolak

Avik's Grandmother

Matt Holland

Flight Navigator

R

Rebecca Vevee

Inuit Cook

J

Josape Kopalee

Inuit Elder

R

Reepah Arreak

Avik's Girlfriend

Monique Spaziani

Nurse Beatrice

H

Harry Hill

X-Ray Doctor

Anik Matern

Thelma

M

Mark Ruel

Photo Analyst

T

Tyley Ross

Photo Messenger

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