Regret to Inform (1998)
72 min
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.
- Release date
- July 22, 1999
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Xuan Ngoc Nguyen as Self
- Barbara Sonneborn as Self
Crew
- Barbara Sonneborn · Director
- Barbara Sonneborn · Writer
- Janet Cole · Producer
- Barbara Sonneborn · Producer
- Todd Boekelheide · Composer
- Emiko Omori · Cinematographer
- Daniel Reeves · Cinematographer
- Nancy Schiesari · Cinematographer
- Lucy Massie Phenix · Editor
- Ken Schneider · Editor