REGRET TO INFORM

This is the story of one woman’s journey to Vietnam, twenty years after her husband was killed there, and the story of the women she encounters who were affected by the war. Hoping to find some closure for her pain and loss, Barbara Sonneborn wants to see and feel the places where her husband spent his last days. By intercutting emotional testimonials from women on both sides of the war who share their suffering, she makes us understand how real this war remains. Through seeing many different women’s perspectives, we recognize how their emotions contrasted: helplessness on the part of those in the United States, versus inevitable participation by North and South Vietnamese women. Testimony to Sonneborn’s uncommon ability is the remarkable level of honesty and openness the women are willing to share on camera. Deeply personal and vastly universal, Regret to Informis an involving and moving lesson about the painful legacy of war.