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.。一腔热血、正义感十足的夏令正曾经目睹恩师光天化日之下被人残忍杀害的血腥一幕,而他不为所惧,愈加坚定了主持正义、惩恶扬善的信念。某天,身为检察官的夏令正指控两个臭名昭著的恶徒走私贩毒、谋财害命。谁知就在庭审的关键时刻,他好不容易说服的污点证人梁二胜一家八口被人残忍杀害。嫌疑人靠如此丧尽天良的手段逃脱一劫,使夏令正大为恼火。在此之后,他铤而走险,跨越了检察官的底线,趁夜入室将嫌疑人之一的老卫以法外手段杀死。当他将下一个目标锁定在老周身上时,却发现对方已被人先行杀害。
警界黑手渐渐浮出水面,而孤狼一匹的夏令正沿着正义之路急速狂奔……。