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.。故事发生在1990年夏天前东德图林根州附近的乡村。即将年满19岁的玛丽亚和男友约翰内斯住在约翰内斯父母的农场里,她宁愿沉浸在书本中,也不愿专注于毕业。随着德国的统一,人们有一种新时代来临的感觉。 当玛丽亚遇到住在隔壁的农民亨纳时,玛丽亚与这个比她年龄大一倍、任性、有魅力的男人燃起强烈的激情。在充满未知的气氛中,爱情诞生了:一种充满渴望和欲望的秘密激情,吞噬了前进道路上的一切。。