Second Serve (1986)
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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.
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Vanessa RedgraveRenee Richards
Martin BalsamDr. Beck
William RussJosh
Alice KrigeGwen
Louise FletcherDr. Sadie M. Bishop
Kerrie KeaneMeriam
Richard VentureDr. David Bradley
Reni SantoniDr. Roberto Granato
Jeff CoreyDr. Harry Benjamin
Alan FeinsteinBill
Nina van PallandtDanielle
Michael CavanaughGene ScottMots-clés
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What is Second Serve about?
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.
How long is Second Serve?
Second Serve has a runtime of 120 minutes.