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.。猫眼三姐妹是专门窃取美术作品的盗贼集团,她们作案时总会留下带有猫眼三姐妹字样的卡片。被猫眼三姐妹所盗的美术作品都属于她们失散多年的父亲海因茨(一位著名的艺术收藏家)所拥有。犬鸣警察署刑警内海俊夫负责调查猫眼三姐妹的案子,但是逮捕行动却一次又一次因猫眼三姐妹逍遥法外而失败。来生瞳是内海俊夫的女友,经营一家同样名为“猫眼”的咖啡厅。内海俊夫却不知道,来生瞳即是猫眼三姐妹之一……。