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Fiction and Other Truths (A Film About Jane Rule) - Desert Hearts (1985)

Jane Rule was a Canadian author and essayist, born in 1931 in New Jersey and raised in California. She lived most of her adult life in Canada, where she wrote novels, essays, and memoirs that explored themes of gender and sexuality. Rule is best known for her novel "Desert of the Heart," published in 1964, which later inspired the 1985 film "Desert Hearts." "Desert of the Heart" is a groundbreaking novel that tells the story of Evelyn Hall, a literature professor from New York who travels to Reno, Nevada, in the 1950s to get a quick divorce. While staying at a guest house, Evelyn meets Ann Childs, a free-spirited artist who challenges her rigid ideas about love and sexuality. As they spend time together, Evelyn begins to question her own identity and desires, and the two women fall in love. The novel was significant because it was one of the first mainstream books to portray a lesbian relationship as something positive and life-affirming. At the time, homosexuality was considered taboo and was often depicted negatively in literature and the media. Rule's novel was a rare and courageous exploration of same-sex love and desire, and it resonated with many readers who had never seen themselves reflected in literature before. "Desert Hearts," the 1985 movie directed by Donna Deitch, was based on Rule's novel and was groundbreaking in its own right. The movie was one of the first mainstream films to portray a lesbian relationship as something positive and affirming, and it became a cult classic in the LGBTQ+ community. The film's lead actresses, Helen Shaver and Patricia Charbonneau, were praised for their performances as Vivian and Cay, and the film's sensitive portrayal of their relationship helped to change the way that LGBTQ+ characters were portrayed in film and television.