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Regret to Inform (1999)

Regret to Inform (1999)

Documentary
Release Date: 1999, July 22
Directors: Barbara Sonneborn
Countries: United States of America

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

woman director vietnam vietnamese woman war widow dead husband