Desert Bloom (1986)

Directed by

Eugene Corr

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

12

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 20 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A teenage girl comes of age in 1950s Las Vegas as her family deals with a traumatized father and the threat of nuclear testing nearby. The story focuses on the pressures shaping her life and her family's hidden struggles.

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What happens

Desert Bloom is a 1986 American drama film directed by Eugene Corr and starring an ensemble cast led by Jon Voight and JoBeth Williams. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival and funded through the Sundance Film Festival Institute. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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