Surviving Desire

{{Infobox film

| name = Surviving Desire

| image =DVD cover of the movie Surviving Desire.jpg

| caption =DVD cover

| director = Hal Hartley

| producer = Jerome Brownstein
Ted Hope

| writer = Hal Hartley

| starring = Martin Donovan
Julie Kessler
Matt Malloy
Merritt Nelson
Mary B. Ward

| music = The Great Outdoors, Hal Hartley (as Ned Rifle)

| cinematography = Michael Spiller

| editing = Hal Hartley

| distributor = Wellspring Media (DVD)

| released = {{Film date|1991}}

| runtime = 53 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Surviving Desire is a 1991 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Hal Hartley and starring Martin Donovan, Julie Kessler, Matt Malloy, Merritt Nelson, and Mary B. Ward.{{cite web|archivedate=August 21, 2009|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/48000/Surviving-Desire/overview|title=Surviving Desire|url-status=dead|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|author=Hal Erickson|author-link=Hal Erickson (author)|date=2009|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090821140110/https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/48000/Surviving-Desire/overview}}

Plot

College professor Jude (Donovan) becomes smitten with a student named Sofie (Ward). The two enjoy a brief time together, only to find that numerous obstacles, both tangible and intangible, prevent them from moving forward. Their conflict begins to expose parallels with the themes Jude covers in his literature class.