While waiting for her divorce papers, a repressed literature professor finds herself unexpectedly attracted by a carefree, spirited young woman named Cay.
Acting
Shaver's micro-expressions deserve a study.
Direction
Deitch fought for five years to get this made.
Cinematography
The desert as character — vast, lonely, watching.
Director
Donna Deitch
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Donna Deitch financed this by remortgaging her house and holding fundraising house parties in West Hollywood. Studio executives literally laughed at her for wanting to make a lesbian love story.
This was the first mainstream lesbian film with a happy ending — before this, queer women in cinema basically had to die or go insane. It literally changed the template.
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