Second Serve (1986)

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Country: USA
Genres: Biography, Drama, Sport
Release: 1986-05-13
Director: Anthony Page
Writers: John Ames , Gavin Lambert , Stephanie Liss , Renée Richards
Language: English
Stars: Vanessa Redgrave , Vanessa Redgrave , Martin Balsam , William Russ , Alice Krige , Kerrie Keane , Richard Venture , Reni Santoni , Louise Fletcher , Jeff Corey , Alan Feinstein
Runtime: 120 min
Awards: Won 2 Primetime Emmys. 2 wins & 2 nominations total
AKA: Le choix (France, French Republic) , Second Serve , I Change My Life , Zweiter Aufschlag , Segundo servicio (Spain) , Una seconda opportunità (Italy) , Geschlechtsumwandlung - I Change My Life , Jogo Perigoso (Brazil) , Second Serve (United States of America) , Muodonmuutos (Finland)
Plot: Fact-based story about tennis pro Renee Richards, whose player status was challenged in 1976 when it was revealed that she was a transsexual. Flashback to 1964 and meet Richard Radley, a successful New York doctor with a great lifestyle, a flashy girl friend, and a secret life. Seems like the good doctor likes to dress up in women's clothes and visit Manhattan. His psychiatrist mother refuses to deal with him and sends him to a colleague who diagnoses with a psychotic gender confusion, which he says can be unlearned. After a failed marriage and fatherhood, he gives in to the transsexual operation and becomes Renee for good with a new life in California.
IMDB:tt0091913