Regret to Inform
1999 | 72m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Barbara Sonneborn |
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| Writer: | Barbara Sonneborn |
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| 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: | Jan 01, 1999 |
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| Director: | Barbara Sonneborn |
| Writer: | Barbara Sonneborn |
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| Keywords | vietnam, war widow, dead husband, vietnamese woman |
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Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 23, 2026 Entered: Jun 23, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Barbara Sonneborn | Self |
| Xuan Ngoc Nguyen | Self |
| Name | Job |
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| Barbara Sonneborn | Writer, Director |
| Emiko Omori | Cinematography |
| Daniel Reeves | Cinematography |
| Nancy Schiesari | Cinematography |
| Lucy Massie Phenix | Editor |
| Ken Schneider | Editor |
| Xuan Ngoc Nguyen | Translator |
| Name | Title |
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| Barbara Sonneborn | Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
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| 2024 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2025 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
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