DESERT HEARTS - DVD-CRITERION COLLECTION

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• Release Year: 1985
• Genre: Drama, Romance
• Plot: 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 catching the eye of someone new, the free-spirited young Cay (Patricia Charbonneau), touching off a slow seduction that unfolds against a breathtaking desert landscape. With undeniable chemistry between its two leads, an evocative jukebox soundtrack, and vivid cinematography by Robert Elswit, Desert Hearts beautifully exudes a sense of tender yearning and emotional candor.
• Cast: Helen Shaver, Patricia Charbonneau, Audra Lindley, Andra Akers, Gwen Welles, Dean Butler, James Staley, Katie La Bourdette, Alex McArthur, Tyler Tyhurst, Denise Crosby, Antony Ponzini, Brenda Beck, Sam Minsky, Patricia Frazier, Sheila Balter, Tom Martin, Joan Mankin, Frank Murtha, Dave Roberts, Bob Blankman, Ron Fisher, Gene Skaug, Donna Deitch, Gordon Chaplin, Jeffrey Tambor, Jane Rule, Natalie Cooper
• Director: Donna Deitch
• Runtime: 1:32
• Company: The Criterion Collection, Janus Films
• Media Format: Movie