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Desert Bloom

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Desert Bloom
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PG,1hr 45min
Genre:
Drama
Release:
1986
Director:
Eugene Corr
Distributor:
Columbia TriStar
Starring:
Jon Voight, JoBeth Williams, Ellen Barkin  ...more
Synopsis: Set in 1950, this is a convincing, well-acted drama about a young girl's growing up in Las Vegas amidst poverty and a turbulent home life. The 13-year-old Rose (Annabeth Gish) lives with her mother (JoBeth Williams), stepfather (Jon Voight), and two sisters in a working-class home. Trouble is brewing on several fronts: her stepfather is his usual abusive self but is dipping into the bottle more frequently, her glitzy Aunt Starr (Ellen Barkin) arrives for a six-week stay and causes an upheaval in ... Full Synopsis
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Michael Hastings, AMG Review
Taking its place somewhere between Bill Forsythe's knowing, delicate, adolescent character study Housekeeping and Tony Richardson's dark period melodrama Blue Sky, Eugene Corr's Desert Bloom often runs the risk of crossing the line from slice-of-life epiphanies to soap opera pathos. Luckily, the film's performances reign in its tendency to romanticize its period signifiers and none-too-subtle atomic-age ... Full Review
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Jon Voight
Jack Chismore
JoBeth Williams
Lily Chismore
Ellen Barkin
Aunt Starr
Allen Garfield
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