It's summer in Southern Indiana. Elisabeth's mother packs her bags and joins a spiritual retreat in Michigan. Her father a moody professor, might be having an affair with a yoga instructor. As a Popular life guard. Elizabeth meets the boy of her dreams and embarks on her first romance. Growing pains are more than she'd bargained for, though , and pretty soon everything that can go wrong does.

As her relationship with her father deteriorates. Elizabeth longs for her mother. She seeks her out at the retreat only to discover that it is a psychiatric institution where her mother is suffering from severe depression. Her father all aloss as to what to do with his wife, whose family's mental illness has spanned generations. The roles reverse and he turns to Elizabeth for guidance. Left to cope on her own at seventeen Elizabeth is faced with the thankless task of holding her family together.

Sacred Hearts is more than a coming of age story; it is the bittersweet journey of an intelligent and passionate girl's self discovery.

Directed by Patrick O'Connor

Cast (in credits order)
Kelly Fritz .... Elizabeth
Doug Hubbell .... Lee
Marlene May .... Estelle
Wendy Jewell .... Monica
Jeremy Beck .... Bryan
Cheryl Bauer .... Gossip #1
Donna Kay Meek .... Sister Clotfelder (as Donna Meeks)
Cary Grey .... Gossip #2
Marilyn Schneider .... Gossip #3
John Jensen .... Roger
Lauren Czerkowski .... Roger's Mother
Jim Blevins .... Dr. Pollard
Kathy Ewing .... Dr. Simon
Angie Kempf .... Missy
Jenny Braun .... Mary Anne
Carrie Mogavero .... Mary Anne's Mother
Joe Demask .... Spandexman
Debi O'Hanian .... Nurse
Nick Faust .... Psychiatric Patient
Michele Maurer .... Grocery store clerk
Jim Shellhouse .... Psychiatric Patient
Ophelia Ridley .... Receptionist

Produced by
Brennan Dicker .... line producer
Margaret McMullan .... producer
Patrick O'Connor .... producer

Original Music by
Kerry Kelekovich

Cinematography by
Dana Kupper

Film Editing by
Suzanne Suffredin