The action is set around an embryo deal gone sour coupled with the abduction of two wholesome American virgins. She meets her soulmate in Romeo (Bardem) a handsome bank/ grave robber who shares Perdita's penchant for tribal sacrifices, extortion and ritualistic Santero (voodoo). Perez plays the title role of the wild superbitch (the Isabella Rosselini character) who gets her kicks from wholesale slaughter and perverse sexual activities. The success of the film boosted interest in Gifford's novels.Perdita Durango goes some way to replicating the intense violence and steamy storyline of David Lynch's famous predecessor. The adaptation won the Palme d'Or, the highest honour at the Cannes Film Festival. The novel was adapted to the film Wild At Heart (1990) written and directed by David Lynch and starring Nicolas Cage, Laura Dern and Willem Dafoe. 59° and Raining: The Story of Perdita Durango. Sailor's Holiday: The Wild Life of Sailor and Lula.Wild at Heart begins the adventures of two sex-driven, star-crossed protagonists, Sailor and Lula, on the road in the American South. cuts to the heart with sharply focused shots of young lovers on the lam." Kirkus Reviews wrote that "Gifford's South is ersatz, tarred up with Forget-Me-Not Cafes and Dixie beer, his Romeo and Juliet more treacly than tragic." Series Publishers Weekly wrote: "In the visual equivalent of sound bites, novelist and poet Gifford. Wild at Heart: The Story of Sailor and Lula is a 1990 novel by Barry Gifford. For the book by John Eldredge, see Wild at Heart (book).
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