Second Serve
Release Date: 1986-01-01
Rating : 5.4/10
Duration : 120 minutes
Genres : Drama, TV Movie
Director : Anthony Page
Writer : Gavin Lambert
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.
Cast
Vanessa Redgrave
Martin Balsam
William Russ
Alice Krige
Louise Fletcher
Kerrie Keane