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Desert Hearts is a 1985 American romantic drama film directed by Donna Deitch. The screenplay, written by Natalie Cooper, is an adaptation of the 1964 lesbian novel Desert of the Heart by Jane Rule.
- Jane Rule
- $2.5 million
- 1964
- $1.5 million
Actress: Desert Hearts. Helen Shaver has built a lasting legacy, both behind and in front of the camera. She has directed hundreds of hours of television ranging from Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) to Castle (2009), from The Unit (2006) to The Outer Limits (1995).
- January 1, 1
- 1.70 m
- St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada
Jul 19, 2017 · With one lingering, heartsick dissolve, Vivian Bell (Helen Shaver), a repressed Columbia professor in town for a quickie divorce, walks through her hotel room, crossing the screen from left to right and literally passing through the mind of her distant and regretful beloved.
In 1985, Shaver starred in Desert Hearts as a 1950s university professor who falls in love with another woman. [5] . Her performance, with co-star Patricia Charbonneau, drew critical praise and Shaver won the Bronze Leopard Award at the Locarno International Film Festival.
In this 1959-set film, adapted from a beloved novel by Jane Rule, straitlaced East Coast professor Vivian Bell (Helen Shaver) arrives in Reno to file for divorce but winds up catching the eye of someone new, the free-spirited young Cay (Patricia Charbonneau), touching off a slow seduction that unfolds against a breathtaking desert landscape.
