Sacred Hearts

Sacred Hearts

Within every family there are secrets. Within every life there are choices. Within every heart there is something sacred.

NR 1995 · 88 min · ★ 8.0 · Family, Drama

Seventeen-year-old Elizabeth maturely handles several distractions, among them: her mother's institutionalization because of mental instability; her father's female friend and his surgery; her grandfather's suicide; her lifeguarding job; her boyfriend.

Directed by Patrick O'Connor · Written by Margaret McMullan

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