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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**.
the Samuel Goldwyn Company ; a Donna Deitch film ; screenplay by Natalie Cooper ; produced and directed by Donna Deitch.
Based on the novel, Desert of the heart by Jane Rule.
Originally produced by Janus Films (The Criterion Collection) in 1985.
Helen Shaver, Patricia Charbonneau, Audra Lindley, Andra Akers, Gwenn Welles, Dean Butler, James Staley, Katie Labourdette.
In English. Closed-captioned in English.
Director of photography, Robert Elswit ; editor, Robert Estrin.