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...
Award winning writer, celebrity Mark Travis seeks inspiration by returning to his hometown. What he finds is not what he expected. Her name is Holly. What Holly would do, is like nothing Mark has ev...