- BFI identifier156292
- Date1985 (Copyright)
- Production countryUSA
- Production company
- SynopsisSet in the late 1950s on a Nevada ranch inhabited by several women waiting for their divorces to be finalised. Focuses on the lesbian relationship that develops between one of the women and the adoptive daughter of the ranch owner who works as a 'change-purse' in a Reno Casino. (Synopsis)
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- CategoryFiction
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- CastHelen Shaver (Vivian Bell)
Patricia Charbonneau (Cay Rivvers)
Audra Lindley (Frances Parker)
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Title
Desert Hearts (Original)
Desert of the Heart (Alternative)
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