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A young artist, struggling with a recent death, finds escape in a reckless affair with her brother's girlfriend. HEARTLAND was filmed on location in Oklahoma. where it won the Audience Award for Narrative Feature Drama. Please check SEE IT for current screenings.
This article is about the 1979 film. For the 2002 film, see Heartlands (film). Heartland is a 1979 American film, directed by Richard Pearce, starring Rip Torn and Conchata Ferrell. The film is a stark depiction of early homestead life in the American West. It is based on a memoir by Elinore Pruitt Stewart, titled Letters of a Woman Homesteader (1914).