Alex McArthur, Andra Akers, Audra Lindley

Uptight literature professor Vivian Bell (Helen Shaver) heads to Reno, Nev., in 1959 for a quickie divorce. While staying with Frances Parker (Audra Lindley) at her ranch to establish residency, Bell ...( read more  read more... )meets Parker's adopted daughter (Patricia Charbonneau), a casino worker 10 years her junior. Bell finds herself increasingly drawn to the open and self-assured lesbian, and their developing intimacy releases buried emotions Bell has never explored.

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R, 91 min.

Directed by: Donna Deitch

Release Date: December 31, 1985

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DVD Release Date: May 22, 2007

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  • December 8, 2008
    no thanks not my thing
  • October 5, 2008
    for those open minded about same sex romances, this is a wonderful movie...it's a fav!
  • June 8, 2008
    Not at all interested
  • May 6, 2008
    Good movie even if out-dated a bit. I watched this many years ago and remember enjoying it at the time.
  • August 2, 2007
    the truth about lesbian love
  • July 10, 2007
    For anyone curious about becoming a lesbian great flick!
  • June 18, 2007
    helen shaver is hot in this one!!!
  • June 15, 2007
    I love this movie. This is a good love story b/w two women. honest and real.

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