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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 .
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...
Synopsis. 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.
Desert Hearts Records is a tribute to House, Techno, Love. What started as an intimate renegade gathering in the Mojave Desert has since blossomed into a movement that celebrates love, life, and music.
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. 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 ...
Cast (in credits order) verified as complete. Helen Shaver. ... Vivian Bell. Patricia Charbonneau. ... Cay Rivvers. Audra Lindley.
Robert Estrin. "Desert Hearts" tells the story of a woman in her 30s who suddenly is awakened to the turmoils of passionate love, and because that is basically a simple story, this is basically a simple movie. What makes it unusual is that the story is set in the 1950s and the woman falls in love with a lesbian.
DESERT HEARTS depended on the connection between its two lead actors, Patricia Charbonneau and Helen Shaver, and on their trust in director Donna Deitch. In the following program, made in New York in 2017, the actors and the director discuss the making of the film, the close bond they formed, and...
Jane Rule. Author. Donna Deitch. Director. Natalie Cooper. Writer. While waiting for her divorce papers, a repressed literature professor finds herself unexpectedly attracted by a carefree, spirited young woman named Cay.
Watch Desert Hearts with a subscription on Max, rent on Prime Video, Apple TV, or buy on Prime Video, Apple TV. A New York professor (Helen Shaver) divorces her husband and has an affair with ...
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