To answer my last question first, it is true that the Nevada Test Site was used to conduct nuclear explosion tests, which became tourist attractions, but obviously there was fallout, in particular affecting the inhabitants of Utah, and compensation has since been paid. The mushroom cloud is I guess one of the desert blooms of the title, the other being the growing up of teenager Annabeth Gish and her clashes with the mentally unstable, alcoholic and abusive step father (good performances from her and Jon Voigt). Things are complicated by the mother's sister coming to stay (JoBeth Williams and Ellen Barkin). Luckily a concerned neighbour, Allen Garfield, is looking out for our girl.
Handsomely shot by Reynaldo Villalobos.
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| Jay Underwood with Annabeth |
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