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.。1978年的釜山,东洙(张东健饰)是─贫穷家庭的孩子,俊硕(刘五性饰)则─黑社会团体老大的儿子,特别勤奋的山泰和特别能言善的容贺。山泰常考全校第一,而东洙和俊硕却是到处惹麻烦的问题份子,但四个人却是好朋友。后来升入中学的东洙和俊硕,因为替山泰出头而被学校开除。
1984年的汉城,进入大学后的山泰和容贺到处寻找两个朋友下落,但是这两位朋友如今已经加入了黑社会。一个在坐牢,一个在戒毒。
1990年的秋天,留学美国的山泰回国度假,感慨着旧日友情。由于在帮派斗争中相互报复,东洙和俊硕却成了真正的敌人,他们该如何面对曾经的朋友?。