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.
Map of the Human Heart has generally received positive reviews.
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Map of the Human Heart was released in 1993 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 59 reviews, giving Map of the Human Heart (1993) an average rating of 70%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 88%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 78%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Map of the Human Heart than critics were.
With a score of 70%, Map of the Human Heart is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1993, which stands at 58%.
Other movies from 1993 with similar scores include films like Mrs. Doubtfire, Sleepless in Seattle and The House of the Spirits.
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