Desert Hearts Page #2

Synopsis: It is 1950s Nevada, and Professor Vivian Bell arrives to get a divorce. She's unsatisfied with her marriage, and feels out of place at the ranch she stays on, she finds herself increasingly drawn to Cay Rivers, an open and self-assured lesbian, and the ranchowner's daughter. The emotions released by their developing intimacy, and Vivian's insecurities about her feelings towards Cay, are played out against a backdrop of rocky landscapes and country and western songs.
Genre: Drama, Romance
Director(s): Donna Deitch
Production: The Samuel Goldwyn Company
  2 wins & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.0
Rotten Tomatoes:
91%
R
Year:
1985
96 min
2,237 Views


in one glance.

Look around.

I can't do it if you are watching me.

- Hello!

- Hey....!

Hello

-Where is Cay?

-I am here. Go back to sleep.

Sorry. I was not alone.

Fine. Socialization

was not what I had in mind, anyway.

You get all that traffic

without any equipment?

I can not understand.

-Where are you going?

-To an appointment with the lawyer.

No sense in taking two cars?

-I do not want to intrude.

-Will you bring her back?

Oh, don't worry about that.

Give space, Gwen.

You have a car for today

and I save the trip.

Cay, drive like a lady.

Someone used it as an ashtray.

Come in front.

Long time without seeing you, Mrs. Parker.

Doesn't bother me.

-This is my friend, Gwen.

-We met.

Yes, nice to see you again.

-Are you serious?

-Why?

That music is for a funeral.

Do you know that piece, Vivian?

Yes, it is a piece of Prokofiev.

Lovely, isn't it?

I better get to the record

store before they sell it out.

Oh, come on, Gwen.

We all have sensitive side.

I do not remember that

you said that last night.

-Thank you.

-Do you want me to wait?

I am sure you have better things

to do than wait for me.

Oh look, I am sorry about Gwen.

You know why I am here for.

I don't need to understand your friends?

I'll leave the key here.

I have more important things to

think than how I'll go back.

Thanks anyway!

You're welcome.

From what I see in this agreement,

Dr. Bell walks out with everything.

I've always supported myself.

All I want are my books.

-Is there a third party?

-No.

Rare women, walks out with

no strings.

What is your ground?

It is not that I have practiced

this.

It is not easy to talk

with an attorney.

-Do you like ranch?

-It's different.

There are many crazy people there.

Mr. Warner, I have 35 years.

I want an honest life.

I am leaving a decent marriage

to see if I can find one.

Not having children helps.

Although our careers served very

much that purpose all these years.

To bond us togehter.

We were very big on form.

Right friends, a prince

on the wall.

I urge for something we can not

analyze or rationalize.

I want to break free

from what I've been.

And your husband?

Martin wants to have me

no matter how I feel.

-He will not contest?

-No, no.

Well...

-We'll go with mental cruelty.

-We've never treated each other that way.

It's just a formal term.

It is better for law.

A headacke or two.

Sure he refused to

visit in-laws, sometimes.

Maybe I'll be alone

the rest of my life.

I made a very difficult decision and

it was not based on a headache or two.

Time for a martini.

Would you like to take one with me?

Please, go on.

Well, the first thing I

advise my clients

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Jane Rule

Jane Vance Rule, CM, OBC (28 March 1931 – 27 November 2007) was a Canadian writer of lesbian-themed novels and non-fiction. more…

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