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Desert Bloom

Name: Desert Bloom
Genre: Drama, Family
Released: 1986-01-22
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 5.75

★ 5,8 /10 (20 Votes)

1986 EN 105 min

Overview

The story involves Rose Chismore's youth. She flashes back and remembers her coming-of-age. Her recollections are sometimes less than sweet, particularly those of her troubled and alcoholic step-father. Her memories of Robin, her first-love, are much happier and she also recalls her colorful Aunt Starr -- who's visit is fun but also detrimental to her family's health. The setting of 1950s Las Vegas' bomb testing is increasingly significant to the development of the story.

Release date

22/01/1986

Votes

Popularity

1.1

The nuclear family meets the atomic age.

Genres

Drama Family

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

105 min

Annabeth Gish

Rosalie "Rose" Chismore

Jon Voight

Jack Chismore

JoBeth Williams

Lily Chismore

Ellen Barkin

Aunt Starr

Jay Underwood

Robin

Allen Garfield

Mr. Mosol

Christine Lahti

Voice of adult "Rose" (narrator)

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Laura Rasmussen

Meryl Mosol

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_**Underrated drama about coming of age in 50's Vegas**_ "Desert Bloom" (1986) is an excellent and underrated coming-of-age drama about a semi-dysfunctional family living in Las Vegas in the early 50s. The military is conducting atomic bomb testing nearby. The story mostly focuses on 13 year-old Rose (Annabeth Gish) who struggles with her relationship with her stepfather, Jack (Jon Voight). Jack suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder and alcoholism. Her mother, Lily (JoBeth Williams), is the pillar of the family that keeps them together and hopeful. When Lily's sexpot sister, Starr (El…

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