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Desert Hearts is a 1985 American romantic drama film directed by Donna Deitch. [5] The screenplay, written by Natalie Cooper, is an adaptation of the 1964 lesbian novel Desert of the Heart by Jane Rule.
- Jane Rule
- 1964
Desert Hearts is a 1985 movie directed by Donna Deitch, and it quickly became a cult classic in the LGBTQ+ community. The film tells the story of Vivian Bell, an English professor who goes...
- 85 min
- 443.9K
- H1
In 1959 in Reno, Nevada, 35-year-old college professor Vivian Bell (Helen Shaver) arrives by train where she takes up temporary residence at a ranch until her quickie six-week divorce becomes final. Ranch owner Frances Parker (Audra Lindley) meets her at the station.
Donna Deitch’s swooning and sensual first narrative feature, Desert Hearts, was groundbreaking upon its release in 1985: a love story about two women, made entirely independently, on a shoestring budget, by a woman.
- Vivian Bell
A New York professor (Helen Shaver) divorces her husband and has an affair with another woman (Patricia Charbonneau) in 1959 Reno. Content collapsed. Watch Desert Hearts with a subscription on...
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- Donna Deitch
- R
- Helen Shaver
A professor in her 30s travels to Reno to get a divorce and falls in love with a ranch hand in the 1950s. Roger Ebert praises the chemistry between the two actresses and the director's restraint in the sex scene.
While waiting for her divorce papers, a repressed professor of literature is unexpectedly seduced by a carefree, spirited young lesbian.
