A stuffy professor heads to Reno for a quickie divorce and becomes infatuated with a young woman who lives at the ranch where she's staying. Helen Shaver and Patricia Charbonneau have sizzling chemistry as the romantic leads and this film has a nice distinction of being one of the few lesbian themed films that doesn't end in appalling tragedy or sugary sweetness. It's down to earth, smart, sexy, and incredibly entertaining.

Ok. Let's start with that I'm here in 2021 and there are still not enough lesbian movies that don't just exploit the characters and/or the community . And that have a freaking HAPPY ENDING!

What a heartwarming movie. The struggles are real, the quotes are on point and the disapproving -almost mothers and communities as well!

I love the chemistry of the characters and I also love the complexity of Francis-the bad guy. Also I find very sweet the way that the town kinda accepts Kay. Keep in mind that the movie takes place in the 50s (?) So that's even more amazing.

You just KNOW when the director of a movie is female! Especially when there are love scenes involved, especially gay ones!

That one is a classic and sadly not enough people have even heard of it.

It's 1959 Reno, Nevada. Vivian Bell (Helen Shaver) is an English Lit professor at Columbia in NYC. She comes to stay at a ranch owned by Frances Parker to establish residency in Nevada for a quickie divorce. She's been married to another professor for 12 years in a professional marriage. She's willing to give him everything. Cay Rivvers (Patricia Charbonneau) is a wild child who lives at the ranch as Frances' surrogate daughter. She's relatively open as a lesbian considering the times but she still gets hit on by men. She finds herself falling for the newly arrived older woman.

It's not necessarily the most dramatic or the most well made lesbian movie. The lack of drama is a triumph in itself. This time, lesbianism doesn't end in tragic deaths or finding a man or insanity. It also has an amazing lesbian love scene and not just for its eroticism. These characters are compelling and shockingly normal played by two terrific actresses. Their relationship doesn't destroy them but actually leaves them fulfilled.