Second Serve
Directed by Anthony PageFact-based story about tennis pro Renee Richards, whose player status was challenged in 1976 when it was revealed that she was a transgender woman. 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. 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 fatherhood, she gives in to transition and becomes Renee for good with a new life in California.
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Second Serve was released on 13. maj 1986.
Second Serve was directed by Anthony Page.
Second Serve has a runtime of 2 t.
Second Serve was produced by Linda Yellen, Eileen Mack Knight.
Fact-based story about tennis pro Renee Richards, whose player status was challenged in 1976 when it was revealed that she was a transgender woman. 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. 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 fatherhood, she gives in to transition and becomes Renee for good with a new life in California.
The key characters in Second Serve are Renee Richards (Vanessa Redgrave), Dr. Beck (Martin Balsam), Josh (William Russ).
Second Serve is a Drama, Biography, Sport film.
Second Serve has an audience rating of 7.3 out of 10.