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Cinema Tuesdays: Desert Hearts Santikos Entertainment

Cinema Tuesdays: Desert Hearts Santikos Entertainment

Donna Deitch’s swooning and sensual first film, Desert Hearts, was groundbreaking upon its 1986 release: a love story about two women, produced and directed by a woman. In the 1959-set film, an adaptation of a beloved novel by Jane Rule, straitlaced East Coast professor Vivian Bell (Helen Shaver) arrives in Reno to file for divorce, but winds up catching the eye of someone new, the younger free spirit Cay (Patricia Charbonneau), touching off a slow seduction that unfolds against the breathtaking desert landscape. With smoldering chemistry between its two leads, an evocative jukebox soundtrack, and vivid cinematography by Robert Elswit, Desert Hearts beautifully exudes a sense of tender yearning and emotional candor.
91 minutes, Rated R.

Santikos Northwest Theater
$10 - $15
07:30 PM - 09:30 PM on Tue, 7 Jun 2022

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7600 I-10 West
San Antonio, Texas 78230