贝内黛塔是个十六岁的女孩。一个略显怪异的“家庭”刚刚搬进她所在的小镇,即将闯入她的生活。这个“家庭”嘈杂而非同寻常——包括一位父亲和一位母亲、一个寻求庇护的新移民、一个带着小女儿的前妓女、一位年轻的囚犯、两个残疾者……而作为市长的女儿,贝内黛塔不得不适应一个她不喜欢的社会角色。然而,随着她与其中一位“家人”凯文坠入爱河,贝内黛塔将引领我们进入一个“边缘人”的世界。尽管每个人看起来都有着这样那样的“问题”,但实际上他们都只是普通人。与此同时,整个城镇的人们都在为即将举行的市政选举准备着。觥筹交错与嬉笑怒骂间,一切都在一个艰难的夜晚达到高潮。。女主沈娴意外穿越成了前朝公主,在皇帝赐婚之后,接连遭遇各种不幸,就在丈夫另娶新欢当日,女主霸气归来“登门贺喜”,上演了一场智慧与演技较量。。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.。