Choices of the Heart (aka In December the Roses Will Bloom Again) recounts the life and death of Irish lay missionary Jean Donovan. Together with three American nuns, the 27-year-old Donovan (here played by Melissa Gilbert) was murdered in El Salvador in 1980. Constructed in a complex flashback-flashforward style, the film shows how Donovan went from a selfish, materialistic girl to a champion of human rights. Martin Sheen plays the priest who is instrumental in Donovan's turnaround. The increasing demand for the US to withdraw its support of El Salvador's military-oriented government is a secondary but vital ingredient to the full dramatic impact of this made-for-TV movie. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Choices of the Heart (1983) TV Movie
Cast: Helen Hunt, Martin Sheen, Mary McCusker, Melissa Gilbert, Mike Farrell, Patrick Cassidy, Peter Horton, Rene Enriquez
Story of a well-to-do elderly woman, who befriends the homeless and volunteers
