Regret to Inform

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Regret to Inform

Criterion Channel
Criterion Channel
7.8(5 votes)
1999
1h 12m
Documentary
vietnamwoman directorwar widowdead husbandvietnamese woman

Overview

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.