Made for only $350,000 in 1985 when no one wanted to fund or star in a movie about lesbians, Desert Hearts is widely considered the first full-length lesbian love story, and its success paved the way for the proliferation of lesbian films we enjoy today.
Directed by Donna Deitch and set in 1950's Reno, Nevada, Desert Hearts tells the story of a 35-year-old uptight female professor Vivian (Helen Shaver) who comes to town to file for divorce and ends up falling in love with a free-spirited 25-year-old casino worker Cay (Patricia Charbonneau).
Although Vivian left her husband because she had "drowned in still waters," she is not quite prepared for the tidal wave-effect Cay has on her life. As Vivian herself admits, her life is all about "order," and her image of herself as a scholar and a professional, upstanding woman does not include a relationship with a woman. Cay, meanwhile, is living at home with her stepmother, Frances (Audra Lindley) while she waits to meet someone who "counts"--and she almost immediately recognizes that Vivian is that someone.
Both women struggle with conflicting desires and a sense of obligation to others, and are ultimately drawn together not just because of their attraction to each other, but because each woman offers the other something she has been unable to find on her own.。亚当(Emile Abossolo M'bo 饰)曾是一名非常优秀的游泳运动员,还得到过冠军的荣誉,如今,年近60的他早已经告别了赛道退出舞台,现在的亚当,是一家豪华酒店里的泳池救生员。因为酒店经营不善,导致遭人收购,被收购之后,一切亚当早已经习以为常的事情都开始发生了变化。首当其冲的就是他遭到了变相的解雇,需要将职位拱手相让给自己的儿子阿比代尔(Youssouf Djaoro 饰)。
这个国家此时正在进行残酷激烈的内战,政府强制性的规定每一家都必须出钱或者出力。亚当一贫如洗,想要出钱是不可能的,那么,他就只剩下阿比代尔可以“奉献”给他的祖国了。。故事发生在皇后区杰克逊高地,来自巴基斯坦的两姐妹和她们刚移民过来的表妹尝试用传统方式来赢得母亲的爱和尊重。。