Desert Hearts (Criterion Collection)
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| Management number | 254391871 | Release Date | 2026/11/07 | List Price | US$12.62 | Model Number | 254391871 | ||
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Donna Deitch's swooning and sensual first narrative feature, 'Desert Hearts', was groundbreaking upon it's 1985 release: a love story about two women, made entirely independently, on a self-financed shoestring budget, by a woman. In the 1959-set film, an adaptation of 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 younger free spirit Cay (Patricia Charbonneau), touching off a slow seduction that unfolds against a breathtaking desert landscape. With undeniable chemistry between it's two leads, an evocative jukebox soundtrack, and vivid cinematography by Robert Elswit, Desert Hearts beautifully exudes a sense of tender yearning and emotional candor.
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| Movie genre | Drama |
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| Mpaa rating | R |
| Director | Donna Deitch |
| Actors | Helen Shaver, Andra Akers, Gwen Welles, Audra Lindley, Patricia Charbonneau, Dean Butler |
| Movie & tv media format | DVD |
| Resolution | 480p |
| Theatrical release date | 1985 |
| Duration | 91 min |
| Edition | Criterion Collection |
| Number of discs | 1 |
| Subtitled languages | English |
| Has subtitles | N |
| Original languages | English |
| Movie subgenre | dvd - DRAMA |
| Aspect ratio | 1.85:1 |
| Brand | Criterion Collection |
| Studio & production company | SONY PICTURES HOME |
| Character | Vivian Bell, Cay |
| Is dubbed | N |
| Narrated | N |
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