Regret to Inform

7.8
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 72 min
  • Premiere: 1999. January 1.

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.

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Crew

Emiko Omori

Cinematography

Daniel Reeves

Cinematography

Nancy Schiesari

Cinematography

Xuan Ngoc Nguyen

Translator

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