Desert Hearts

Rated R • 91 minutes

A New York professor (Helen Shaver) divorces her husband and has an affair with another woman (Patricia Charbonneau) in 1959 Reno.

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Cast

Helen Shaver

Vivian Bell

Patricia Charbonneau

Cay Rivvers

Audra Lindley

Frances Parker

Andra Akers

Silver

Gwen Welles

Gwen

Alex McArthur

Walter

Adapted from the Novel "Desert of the Heart" by

Jane Rule

Screenplay by

Natalie Cooper

Directed by

Donna Deitch

Genre

drama

Rating

R

Showtime Advisories

Adult Content, Adult Language, Nudity

Released

1986

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