A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 1998-09-18
Runtime: 127 minutes
Director: James Ivory
Revenue: $1,782,005 USD
Top 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
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