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The screenplay, written by Natalie Cooper, is an adaptation of the 1964 lesbian novel Desert of the Heart by Jane Rule. Set in Reno, Nevada in 1959, it tells the story of a university professor awaiting a divorce who finds her true self through a relationship with another, more self-confident woman.
A New York professor (Helen Shaver) divorces her husband and has an affair with another woman (Patricia Charbonneau) in 1959 Reno. Prime Video Max Apple TV. Watch Desert Hearts with a...
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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.
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.
Desert Hearts: Directed by Donna Deitch. With Helen Shaver, Patricia Charbonneau, Audra Lindley, Andra Akers. While waiting for her divorce papers, a repressed professor of literature is unexpectedly seduced by a carefree, spirited young lesbian.
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.
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.
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...
Desert Hearts - Apple TV. Available on Prime Video, Max. 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.
Desert Hearts. In this tender romance, a 35-year-old college professor named Vivian heads to 1959 Reno to get a divorce. While there, she falls into a passionate lesbian love affair with a...
