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Made for only $350,000 in 1985 when no one wanted to fund or star in a movie about lesbians, Desert Hearts is widely considered the first full-length lesbian love story, and its success paved the way for the proliferation of lesbian films we enjoy today. Directed by Donna Deitch and set in 1950's Reno, Nevada, Desert Hearts tells the story of a 35-year-old uptight female professor Vivian (Helen Shaver) who comes to town to file for divorce and ends up falling in love with a free-spirited 25-year-old casino worker Cay (Patricia Charbonneau). Although Vivian left her husband because she had "drowned in still waters," she is not quite prepared for the tidal wave-effect Cay has on her life. As Vivian herself admits, her life is all about "order," and her image of herself as a scholar and a professional, upstanding woman does not include a relationship with a woman. Cay, meanwhile, is living at home with her stepmother, Frances (Audra Lindley) while she waits to meet someone who "counts"--and she almost immediately recognizes that Vivian is that someone. Both women struggle with conflicting desires and a sense of obligation to others, and are ultimately drawn together not just because of their attraction to each other, but because each woman offers the other something she has been unable to find on her own.。1884年，周莹跟着养父周老四来到关中，输光钱财的周老四将周莹卖到沈家当丫头。周莹逃跑时躲进吴家东院大少爷吴聘的轿中，颇具商业头脑的周莹得到了吴蔚文的赏识，被获许留在吴家。沈星移怀疑沈家大少爷被吴聘暗杀，出手将其打伤。为救昏迷的吴聘，周莹嫁入吴家冲喜。吴聘身亡，吴家处境困窘，周莹决定要重振吴家东院。周莹入股陕西织布局，却遭受了朝廷反对洋务运动势力的打击，陕西机器织布局面临重建。为救深陷牢狱的周莹，吴家交出陕西机器织布局的所有股份以及与洋商的生丝合同换得周莹一命。出狱后的周莹重燃斗志建立泾阳布厂，吴家产业再次有了新起色。庚子国难，周莹用自己的方式担起了吴家大业的重振之风，又引领了动荡时局的改革之路。。父亲经营着一家皮艺店，母亲则在工厂负责皮包的设计和制作，他们对这门生意倾注了极大的感情和心力，却仍是经营惨淡，债主会不期而至。父亲决定以全店皮具五折的方式促销，起初似乎还挺有效，慢慢地作用却不再明显。母亲开始责怪父亲的经营方式和能力，平时在别处总是有一套套道理的父亲，此时却无言以对，懊恼地抽自己的嘴巴。家里家外的波折低落总是会过去，父亲和母亲还是满心祈愿：从明天，也许就能慢慢好起来吧。平淡甚至细碎的生活细节缓缓铺展：父亲想尽一切办法希望女儿长高，母女为店里收成不错的一天鼓掌欢呼，狭窄的过道里女儿为新的皮包充当模特……生活似乎总是艰难局促，而三个人的家庭里，一种难以名状的情感，却在这个过程里捉紧人们的呼吸。。