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Desert Hearts (1985) -- A woman leaves behind her life in New York to find herself in Reno in this trailer

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Director:
Writers:
Jane Rule (novel)
Natalie Cooper (writer)
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Release Date:
7 March 1986 (USA) more
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Plot:
It is 1950s Nevada, and Professor Vivian Bell arrives to get a divorce. She's unsatisfied with her marriage... more | add synopsis
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3 wins & 2 nominations more
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a thoroughly entertaining and wonderful movie more (36 total)

Cast

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Helen Shaver ... Vivian Bell
Patricia Charbonneau ... Cay Rivvers
Audra Lindley ... Frances Parker
Andra Akers ... Silver
Dean Butler ... Darrell
Gwen Welles ... Gwen

James Staley ... Art Warner
Katie La Bourdette ... Lucille

Alex McArthur ... Walter
Tyler Tyhurst ... Buck

Denise Crosby ... Pat
Antony Ponzini ... Joe
Brenda Beck ... Joyce
Sam Minsky ... Best Man
Patricia Frazier ... Change Girl
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96 min
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Patricia Charbonneau filmed the entire movie while pregnant. more
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Vivian: [while kissing Cay] I don't usually feel this way at 11 o'clock in the morning. more
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7 out of 9 people found the following comment useful.
a thoroughly entertaining and wonderful movie, 4 September 2004
8/10
Author: junecatpower from california

I've seen this movie at least a dozen times and it never fails to make me cry. It's a simple love story, but the fact that it's two women in love in Nevada in the 1950's gives it special significance. Unlike a lot of lesbian movies that were made in the 1980's, this one isn't all doom and gloom. It's actually a movie that will make you remember being young, impulsive and in love. It leaves the

viewer feeling hopeful about the future. Vivian Bell is a professor who comes to Nevada in the 1950's for a quickie divorce from her husband. While there she

meets Cay Rivers and Cay opens up a whole new world to her and makes

Vivian realize there's more to life than her stuffy, professional existence in New York. In addition, this movie has the most touching, intimate, erotic, and soulful love scene that I have EVER seen between 2 women in a movie.

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