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Overview
Fact-based story about tennis pro Renee Richards, whose player status was challenged in 1976 when it was revealed that she was a trans woman. Flashback to 1964 before she was out as trans, a successful New York doctor with a great lifestyle, a flashy girl friend, and a secret life. Her psychiatrist mother refuses to deal with her and sends her to a colleague who diagnoses with a psychotic gender confusion, which he says can be unlearned. After a failed marriage and parenthood, she comes out as trans, with a new life in California.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- January 1, 1986
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Lorimar Telepictures
- Cast
- Vanessa Redgrave,Martin Balsam,William Russ,Alice Krige,Louise Fletcher,Kerrie Keane,Richard Venture,Reni Santoni,Jeff Corey,Alan Feinsteinand 18 more
- Director
- Anthony Page
- Writer
- Gavin Lambert
- Producer
- Linda Yellen
- Music
- Brad Fiedel
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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