Regret to Inform

Regret to Inform

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 1, 1999

Runtime

1h 12m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

78%

Original Title

Regret to Inform

Director

Barbara Sonneborn

Description

In this film made over ten years, filmmaker Barbara Sonneborn goes on a pilgrimage to the Vietnamese countryside where her husband was killed. She and translator (and fellow war widow) Xuan Ngoc Nguyen explore the meaning of war and loss on a human level. The film weaves interviews with Vietnamese and American widows into a vivid testament to the legacy of war.