A sensitive drama based on a Jane Rule novel. Professor Vivian Bell(Helen Shaver)travels from New York to Reno, Nevada to get a divorce. It is 1959 and strong independent thinking women are an oddity. Frances Parker(Audra Lindley)puts Vivian up at a guest ranch, so she can meet her residency requirement for her divorce. The quiet reserved professor meets and falls in love with a young, openly lesbian woman, Cay(Patricia Charbonneau), ten years her junior.
Character development is effortless and the explicit love scenes are tender, yet hot. There is a very good soundtrack that is marred by quick and frequent fade-outs. Great music from: Patsy Cline, Buddy Holly, Johnny Cash, Gene Vincent, Webb Pierce, Johnnie Ray and Elvis Presley.
Rounding out the cast are Andra Akers, Alex McArthur, Gwen Welles and Dean Butler. Profanity and the lesbian love scenes garner an R rating. DESERT HEARTS makes Charbonneau a star.
Character development is effortless and the explicit love scenes are tender, yet hot. There is a very good soundtrack that is marred by quick and frequent fade-outs. Great music from: Patsy Cline, Buddy Holly, Johnny Cash, Gene Vincent, Webb Pierce, Johnnie Ray and Elvis Presley.
Rounding out the cast are Andra Akers, Alex McArthur, Gwen Welles and Dean Butler. Profanity and the lesbian love scenes garner an R rating. DESERT HEARTS makes Charbonneau a star.