Desert Bloom (film)

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.[1]

Desert Bloom
Theatrical release poster
Directed byEugene Corr
Produced byMichael Haussman
Written byEugene Corr
Linda Remy
Starring
Music byBrad Fiedel
CinematographyReynaldo Villalobos
Edited byCari Coughlin
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • April 18, 1986 (1986-04-18)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

World War II has not been over for long. Jack Chismore, a veteran suffering from PTSD runs a gas station in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Jack is married to Lily, and stepfather to Lily's three daughters including Rose, a teenager at an impressionable age. Lily's sister, Starr, has come to Las Vegas for a quick divorce and comes to live with them, upsetting the routine of what is already a small and cramped house.

Lily lands a job with the Atomic Testing Office and can't tell Jack, or the girls when the military is conducting atomic-bomb testing in the desert region nearby. This angers and frustrates Jack, who takes his anger out on Rose many times.

When Rose runs away it is Jack who shows the most courage and concern.

Cast

References
  1. "Festival de Cannes: Desert Bloom". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved July 17, 2009.
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