Regretters
NEW DOCS
Born men, once women, and now men again, Orlando and Mikael dig deep into the psychology behind the one regret they share: their sex change. Orlando was one of the first people in Sweden to undergo a sex change operation in 1967; Mikael went under the knife much more recently, in the 1990s. Before making this film, director Marcus Lindeen produced a well-received stage play based on their stories; now, he has Orlando and Mikael speak for themselves. The film is structured around a conversation between these two very different individuals as they describe their own experiences and ask insightful questions of each other. The ways in which their experiences overlap and diverge make this a complex, unflinching portrait of regret and a thoughtful exploration of identity and expectations. SB
Director
Marcus Lindeen
Producer
Kristina Åberg
Editors
Marinella Angustini, Kristin Grundström
Cinematographers
Erik Persson, Andréas Lennartsson
Release Year
2010
Festival Year
2010
Country
Sweden
Run Time
60 minutes
Premiere
North American Premiere