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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.。故事发生在马拉若岛，亚马逊雨林深处。13岁的玛茜尔（小名蒂尔）与父母及三个兄弟姐妹居住在河岸旁。受母亲话语的影响，她将姐姐视作偶像——据说姐姐通过在该地区往来的驳船上“觅得良人”，摆脱了现实困境。随着蒂尔步入豆蔻年华，她憧憬的美好幻想渐次剥落，发现自己被困于两个充满压迫的环境之间。对妹妹与她们黯淡前途的忧虑日益加深，她最终决定挺身对抗那个掌控着其家庭与社区女性命运的压制性体系。。
