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.。相貌甜美可亲的棣棠绿(夏菜 饰)从小就有一个成为偶像的梦想。她的母亲真雪(森昌子 饰)曾经是小有名气的歌手,怎奈母亲的音乐细胞没有遗传给绿,唱歌跑调的音痴属性让绿与五光十色的舞台绝缘。现如今,绿在香川县的杜鹃巴士上担任巴士导游。她手里拿着母亲送给她的金色话筒,据说这可是能够实现三个愿望的宝物呢!这一天,在国际上都享有盛名的大型音响制造商“鲇动力学”的少东家栗田拓人(黄川田将也 饰)来到了绿所在的城市。这里是拓人去世的父亲出生的地方,此次他将在此地开一场音乐会。英俊帅气、显赫潇洒的高富帅让单身的巴士导游小姐们纷纷倾倒。命运的趋势下,绿和拓人坠入爱河。但是鲇动力学的实际掌权者——拓人的母亲栗田彻子(户田惠子 饰)得知儿子找了一个门不当户不对——更主要的是还是个音痴——的女孩,大为光火。她针对绿提出了苛刻的条件,那就是“能唱能跳会表演”,否则别想进栗田家的门。
在此期间,绿还重逢童年时代的朋友小川(平冈佑太 饰)。现如今担任音乐教师的小川出手相助,并帮助绿和她的朋友们组成了名为“Bus Guide Sisters”的组合。音痴小绿,能否通过歌声抓到宇宙第一的幸福吗?。