Desert Hearts (1985)
It is 1950s Nevada, and Professor Vivian Bell arrives to get a divorce. She’s unsatisfied with her marriage, and feels out of place at the ranch she stays on, she finds herself increasingly drawn to Cay Rivers, an open and self-assured lesbian, and the ranchowner’s daughter. The emotions released by their developing intimacy, and Vivian’s insecurities about her feelings towards Cay, are played out against a backdrop of rocky landscapes and country and western songs. (IMDB)
"Desert Hearts was one of the first movies to centre on a female love story that allowed the women to be together, and it was a revelation when it was released in 1985. Before then, most on-screen lesbians had fallen prey to some combination of murder, suicide, vampirism, nervous breakdown, or heterosexuality." ~Nicole Pasulka
Hazlitt Magazine © Penguin Random House
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| Helen Shaver |
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| Audra Lindley |
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| Patricia Charbonneau |
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| Alex McArthur |
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| Katie La Bourdette |
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| Gwen Welles |
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| Gwen Welles |
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| Gwen Welles, Helen Shaver and Patricia Charbonneau |
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| James Staley |
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| Brenda Beck and Dean Butler |
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| Fridge |
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| Helen Shaver |
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| Andra Akers |
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| Andra Akers |
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| Antony Ponzini |
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| Katie La Bourdette |
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| Donna Deitch and Helen Shaver |
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| Andra Akers |
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| Patricia Charbonneau |
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