The red band trailer for Regretters which will make its Canadian Premiere at the 2010 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.
At centre stage sit Mikael and Orlando. Both men, now well into their 60s, share a common bond—they were men who became women and decided to change back. In this raw and candid tête-à-tête, Mikael and Orlando explore their pasts and trade war stories of their individual journeys through gender reassignment and back again. Mikael, deciding to become a woman later in life, was immediately hit with a wave of regret post-surgery and now longs to feel “whole” again. The flamboyant Orlando, one of Sweden’s first cases of gender reassignment, chooses not to live as a woman anymore, but is comfortable with the fluidity of his somewhat undefined current gender. Regretters offers a rare and penetrating look at a subject seldom talked about. Marcus Lindeen’s minimalistic staging allows for Mikael and Orlando’s compelling stories and insightful reflections to jump off the screen into our hearts and minds.