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What makes it unusual is that the story is set in the 1950s and the woman falls in love with a lesbian. The movie stars Helen Shaver, an underrated Canadian actress of cool elegance, as Vivian, a professor at Columbia University in New York who travels by train to Reno to get a divorce.
A New York professor (Helen Shaver) divorces her husband and has an affair with another woman (Patricia Charbonneau) in 1959 Reno.
- (30)
- Donna Deitch
- R
- Helen Shaver
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, Desert Hearts has a 90% approval rating based on 29 reviews, with an average score of 7.5 out of 10. On Metacritic , the film holds a score of 67 out of 100, based on 12 film critic reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
- Jane Rule
- 1964
8/10. Excellent. janeannafoote 16 January 2021. A stuffy professor heads to Reno for a quickie divorce and becomes infatuated with a young woman who lives at the ranch where she's staying.
Contemplative English literature professor Vivian leaves New York for Reno, Nevada, to facilitate her divorce from a lifeless marriage. There she meets Cay, a sculptor and free spirit living relatively uncloseted for the time. What starts as an inspiring friendship soon turns to attraction.
- Donna Deitch, Female Director
- Jenna Gordon
- Alex Mcarthur
Apr 4, 1986 · In ''Desert Hearts,'' which opens today at the Cinema 2, Cay finds Vivian, who, in turn, finds herself. It doesn't happen right away. First there are confidences traded while horseback-riding.
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Jul 8, 2019 · This is Desert Hearts, a 1986 film with striking parallels to last year’s hit Carol. First shown 30 years ago at London’s first gay and lesbian film festival, it returned this year to BFI Flare, serving up a heady mix of 1950s rock ‘n’ roll, casinos, cowboys, and lesbians.
