Billy Wilder Theater Westwood Calif

Queer Icon Series

Donna Deitch’s 'DESERT HEARTS'

March 28, 2022

Q/A with director Donna Deitch follows the screening

Vivian Bell (Helen Shaver) and Cay Rivvers (Patricia Charbonneau) are in love and in lust. From Donna Deitch's seminal 1986 lesbian love story "Desert Hearts."

Desert Hearts - The Criterion Collection

““Donna Deitch’s sultry, sexy movie comes out of nowhere to create a sensation. ‘Desert Hearts’ is completely accessible, no matter what battles you fight in the sex wars.””

— Bruce Kirkland, The Toronto Sun 9/10/86

““Donna Deitch’s sultry, sexy movie comes out of nowhere to create a sensation. ‘Desert Hearts’ is completely accessible, no matter what battles you fight in the sex wars.””

— Bruce Kirkland, The Toronto Sun 9/10/86

““A passionate, beautifully controlled drama about making choices and exercising the heart.”
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— Geoff Brown, The Times of London 8/1/86