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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.

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Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly Rated: B+ Sep 7, 2011 Full Review Marc Savlov Austin Chronicle Rated: 4/5 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Edward Guthmann San Francisco Chronicle Rated: 3/4 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review 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 Full Review Film Threat Rated: 3.5/5 Dec 6, 2005 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 4/5 Jul 18, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member 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 Full Review Audience Member Emotional. Not the most memorable, but it leaves you with that unnameable emotion. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Audience Member Such a powerful documentary. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member This is an incredible documentary - very powerful and stays far away from didacticism...see it!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member pretty good ... kinda loses your interest pretty quickly. Well shot though. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member 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 Full Review Read all reviews
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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