Desert Bloom

The nuclear family meets the atomic age.

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
• January 22, 1986
• Runtime
• 105 min
• Genres
• Drama, Family
• Director
• Eugene Corr

Cast

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)

L

Laura Rasmussen Meryl Mosol