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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
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Feb 28, 2023 · Desert Hearts is a 1985 movie directed by Donna Deitch, and it quickly became a cult classic in the LGBTQ+ community.
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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.
A professor in her 30s travels to Reno to get a divorce and falls in love with a ranch hand in the 1950s. Roger Ebert praises the chemistry between the two actresses and the director's restraint in the sex scene.
Find out who starred in and worked on the lesbian romance film Desert Hearts, directed by Donna Deitch and based on a novel by Jane Rule. See the full list of actors, writers, producers, cinematographers, editors and more.
A New York professor (Helen Shaver) divorces her husband and has an affair with another woman (Patricia Charbonneau) in 1959 Reno.
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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.
