Second Serve

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.

Genre:

Drama, TV Movie

Duration:

98 min

Cast:

Vanessa Redgrave, Martin Balsam, William Russ

Quality:

HD

Director:

Anthony Page

Release:

1986

Country:

United States

Rating:

5.3