Desert Hearts
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This classic romance takes place on a guest ranch outside Reno, Nevada in 1959.
Helen Shaver stars as Vivian Bell, an uptight 35-year-old Columbia University professor who travels to Reno to get a divorce. She arrives in Reno on her way to Frances Parker's (Audra Lindley) ranch, where she is staying to establish six weeks of residency in order to obtain the divorce.
Once at the ranch, Vivian catches the fancy of Frances's adopted daughter Cay (Patricia Charbonneau), a casino worker ten years younger than herself.
Vivien tries to remain unruffled as Cay makes unabashed overtures to her. Cay thinks that all Vivian needs is the love of another woman, and soon enough the two are in each other's arms.
Desert Hearts is probably most renowned for its sex scene. Although it is explicit, Deitch's treatment is extraordinarily poetic without being sentimantal ensuring this to be among the most beautiful erotic moments in film.
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