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Desert hearts

United States, 1985
film

Set in Nevada 1959, Helen Shaver is Vivian Bell, a repressed college professor from New York who arrives at a ranch in Reno for a temporary stay to obtain a d..

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Wild at heart

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Love serenade

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Duel in the sun

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Hearts in paradise

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Splendour in the grass

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Sacred hearts

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Devotion

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Tender mercies

United States, 1982
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Certain Women

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All that heaven allows [NTSC]

United States, 1955
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United States, 1990
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