Regret to Inform

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Regret to Inform

Released Jun 25, 1999

1h 12m

Documentary

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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.

Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

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.

Rated: 3/4

Jan 1, 2000

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Kam Williams

Sly Fox

heartrending documentary examines toll exacted by Vietnam War on widows of soldiers on both sides.

Rated: 4/4

Jun 8, 2009

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Film Threat

Rated: 3.5/5

Dec 6, 2005

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 4/5

Jul 18, 2005

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TV Guide

Rated: 4/5

Jul 30, 2003

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Film Threat

Rated: 3.5/5

Dec 8, 2002

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One of the most honest, visceral accounts of the war in Vietnam. It grabbed me from the jump, and never let go.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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Emotional. Not the most memorable, but it leaves you with that unnameable emotion.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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Such a powerful documentary.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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This is an incredible documentary - very powerful and stays far away from didacticism...see it!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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pretty good ... kinda loses your interest pretty quickly. Well shot though.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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war sidows of all cultures meet after dealing with their grief, thier lives, and their 9invisible) close ties

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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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