影片根据加拿大作家Jane Rule创作的小说“Desert of the Heart”改编而成，背景设置于美国许多地方不允许离婚的1950年代。主人公之一是35岁的英文教授薇薇安，她为了离婚来到法律相对宽容的内华达州雷诺市，暂住在一间农场为离婚官司和流程做准备。严肃的薇薇安因此结识了农场主弗兰西丝的继女凯伊，凯伊比她年轻10岁，平时在赌场打工，是一个对取向不做掩饰的活泼女性。尽管薇薇安意识到自己被凯伊所吸引，她还是对开始这段关系有所顾虑，不确定自己是否做好了和同性在一起的准备。与此同时，被继母弗兰西丝依
Old Nat Moyer is a talker, a philosopher, and a troublemaker with a fanciful imagination. His companion is Midge Carter, who is half-blind, but still the super of an apartment house. When he is threatened with retirement, Nat battles on his behalf. Nat al
A hardened criminal fresh out of the joint takes a job as a handyman in a dilapidated house; but the twisted horrors he finds inside are enough to send anyone running. So why does he stay? And why are so many people drawn to Penance Lane?
Two dysfunctional couples rent a modern luxury desert home for the weekend hoping to sort out their messed-up lives. Just as they are about to settle in for a fun night, a neighbour turns up at their front door saying she has car trouble. And that&
