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Regret to Inform

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At the age of 24, American director Barbara Sonneborn lost her husband in the Vietnam War. Twenty years after his death, Sonneborn sets out to interview other American and Vietnamese women whose spouses died in the conflict. Along the way she meets a Vietnamese woman who was forced into prostitution during the war, an American woman whose husband died of chemical poisoning years after the conflict ended and a woman who worked as a North Vietnamese spy.

Critics Reviews

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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times 01/01/2000
3/4
The distinctive thing about Sonneborn's film, which won awards for best documentary and best cinematography at the 1999 Sundance festival, is that it remembers the war from both sides, as seen by the women who were touched by it. Go to Full Review Kam Williams Sly Fox 06/08/2009
4/4
heartrending documentary examines toll exacted by Vietnam War on widows of soldiers on both sides. Go to Full Review Film Threat 12/06/2005
3.5/5
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 07/18/2005
4/5
TV Guide 07/30/2003
4/5
Film Threat 12/08/2002
3.5/5
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Audience Reviews

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09/25/2013 One of the most honest, visceral accounts of the war in Vietnam. It grabbed me from the jump, and never let go. See more 05/06/2009 Emotional. Not the most memorable, but it leaves you with that unnameable emotion. See more 04/07/2008 Such a powerful documentary. See more 12/30/2007 This is an incredible documentary - very powerful and stays far away from didacticism...see it!! See more 09/05/2007 pretty good ... kinda loses your interest pretty quickly. Well shot though. See more 03/06/2007 war sidows of all cultures meet after dealing with their grief, thier lives, and their 9invisible) close ties See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Barbara Sonneborn

Director

Xuan Ngoc Nguyen

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Barbara Sonneborn

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Barbara Sonneborn

Writer

Kathy Brew

Associate Producer

Janet Cole

Executive Producer

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Movie Info

Synopsis At the age of 24, American director Barbara Sonneborn lost her husband in the Vietnam War. Twenty years after his death, Sonneborn sets out to interview other American and Vietnamese women whose spouses died in the conflict. Along the way she meets a Vietnamese woman who was forced into prostitution during the war, an American woman whose husband died of chemical poisoning years after the conflict ended and a woman who worked as a North Vietnamese spy.
Director
Barbara Sonneborn
Producer
Janet Cole, Barbara Sonneborn
Screenwriter
Barbara Sonneborn
Distributor
New Yorker Films, Artistic License
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jun 25, 1999, Original
Release Date (DVD)
Jul 7, 2009
Box Office (Gross USA)
$44.2K
Runtime
1h 12m