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Title Desert hearts / the Samuel Goldwyn Company ; a Donna Deitch film ; screenplay by Natalie Cooper ; produced and directed by Donna Deitch
Published [New York] : [Janus Films (The Criterion Collection)], 1985

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Description 1 online resource (1 video file) (92 min.) : sound, color
Summary 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 arrives in Reno to file for divorce but winds up catching the eye of someone new, the free-spirited young Cay, 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. Winner of a Special Jury Prize at the **Sundance Film Festival**. Nominated for Best Female Lead at the **Film Independent Spirit Awards**
Notes Based on the novel, Desert of the heart by Jane Rule
Originally produced by Janus Films (The Criterion Collection) in 1985
Credits Director of photography, Robert Elswit ; editor, Robert Estrin
Cast Helen Shaver, Patricia Charbonneau, Audra Lindley, Andra Akers, Gwenn Welles, Dean Butler, James Staley, Katie Labourdette
Notes MPAA rating: R
In English. Closed-captioned in English
Description based on online resource; title from title frames
Subject Female friendship -- Nevada -- Reno -- Drama
Lesbians -- Nevada -- Reno -- Drama
Female friendship.
Lesbians.
SUBJECT Reno (Nev.) -- Drama
Subject Nevada -- Reno.
Genre/Form Romance films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Drama.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films.
Romance films.
Drama.
Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
Films d'amour.
Théâtre.
Form Streaming video
Author Deitch, Donna, 1945- film director, film producer.
Cooper, Natalie, screenwriter
Estrin, Robert, 1942- film editor.
Elswit, Robert, 1950- director of photography.
Shaver, Helen (Helen Jane), 1951- actor.
Charbonneau, Patricia, actor.
Lindley, Audra, actor.
Akers, Andra, actor.
Welles, Gwen, 1951-1993, actor.
Butler, Dean, 1956- actor.
Staley, James, 1948- actor.
Labourdette, Katie, actor.
Motion picture adaptation of (work): Rule, Jane. Desert of the heart
Samuel Goldwyn Co., production company.
Janus Films.
Criterion Collection (Firm)