Regret to Inform

Name: Regret to Inform
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1999
Duration: 72 min
Rating: 7.857

1999 · 72 min

Documentary

★ 7.9

Criterion

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.

Crew

Director Barbara Sonneborn
Writer Barbara Sonneborn
Director of Photography Daniel Reeves
Director of Photography Emiko Omori
Director of Photography Nancy Schiesari

Cast

Crew

Director — Barbara Sonneborn
Writer — Barbara Sonneborn
Director of Photography — Daniel Reeves
Director of Photography — Emiko Omori
Director of Photography — Nancy Schiesari

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