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