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[60] In 2002, Desert Hearts was a nominee in the American Film Institute list of greatest love stories in film in 100 years. [61] In 2013, The Guardian named Desert Hearts one of the ten most romantic films and characterized the final scene of Vivian and Cay at the train station as "a subversive take on hollywood endings". [62]
Patricia Charbonneau (born April 19, 1959) is an American actress, [1] perhaps best known for playing the part of Cay Rivvers in Desert Hearts (1985), her first film role, for which she was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead.
Donna Deitch (born June 8, 1945, San Francisco, California) is an American film and television director, producer, screenwriter, and actor best known for her 1985 film Desert Hearts. The movie was the first feature film to "de-sensationalize lesbianism" by presenting a lesbian romance story with positive and respectful themes. [1] [2]
Desert of the Heart is a 1964 novel written by Jane Rule. The story was adapted into the 1985 film Desert Hearts , directed by Donna Deitch . The book was originally published in hardback by Macmillan Canada.
Desert Hearts' genuine counterculture atmosphere stands out among other music festivals that've been commercialized beyond recognition. Desert Hearts festival is like a little slice of Burning Man ...
Desert Hearts: Vivian Bell Helen Shaver: Vivian, a professor from Columbia University, goes to Reno, Nevada to await her divorce. She meets Cay, a free-spirited woman who does not hide her sexual orientation. Vivian begins to discover her true nature as she and Cay grow closer. United States [47] [48] Cay Rivers Patricia Charbonneau: 1985 The ...
Desert of the Heart was the inspiration for the now cult-classic lesbian 1985 film Desert Hearts, directed by Donna Deitch. [2] Rule was also the subject of Lynne Fernie and Aerlyn Weissman's 1995 documentary film Fiction and Other Truths: A Film About Jane Rule. [10]
Lindley continued to appear steadily on television and in films, such as Revenge of the Stepford Wives in 1980 and as Fauna, the owner of a brothel in the 1982 film Cannery Row. In 1982, she appeared in the film Best Friends, starring Goldie Hawn and Burt Reynolds. She played a supporting role in the lesbian-themed film Desert Hearts (1985). [7]