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A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries

1998 · 2h 7m · Drama

The city of lights. A famous American author and the decade that changed a generation...forever.

This fictionalized story, based on the family life of writer James Jones, is an emotional slice-of-life story. Jones is portrayed here as Bill Willis, a former war hero turned author who combats alcoholism and is starting to experience health problems. Living in France with his wife, daughter, and an adopted son, the family travels an unconventional road which casts them as outsiders to others. Preaching a sexual freedom, his daughter's sexual discovery begins at an early age and betrays her when the family moves to Hanover in America. Her overt sexuality clashes with the values of her teenage American peers and gives her a problematic reputation. Meanwhile, her brooding brother copes with his own interior pain regarding his past, only comfortable communicating within the domestic space.

Cast

• Kris Kristofferson as Bill Willis
• Leelee Sobieski as Charlotte Anne 'Channe' Willis, Age 14
• Jane Birkin as Mrs. Fortescue
• Barbara Hershey as Marcella Willis
• Dominique Blanc as Candida
• Virginie Ledoyen as Billy's Mother
• Jesse Bradford as Billy Willis, Age 14
• Isaach de Bankolé as Mamadou
• Anne-Cécile Crapie as Mademoiselle Picot
• Anthony Decadi as Schoolyard Tease
• Harley Cross as Keith Carter
• Macha Méril as Madame Beauvier

Details

Director

James Ivory

Released

September 18, 1998

Runtime

2h 7m

Genres

Drama

Studio

Merchant Ivory Productions, Merchant Ivory Productions and October Films

Status

Released

TMDB score

6.1 / 10 from 24 votes