A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
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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.
Details
- James Ivory
- September 18, 1998
- Released
- United Kingdom, France, United States of America
- Merchant Ivory Productions
- 2h 7m
Where to watch
No known streaming options in United States.
Cast
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Kris KristoffersonBill Willis -
Leelee SobieskiCharlotte Anne 'Channe' Willis, Age 14 -
Jane BirkinMrs. Fortescue -
Barbara HersheyMarcella Willis -
Dominique BlancCandida -
Virginie LedoyenBilly's Mother -
Jesse BradfordBilly Willis, Age 14 -
Isaach de BankoléMamadou -
Anne-Cécile CrapieMademoiselle Picot -
Anthony DecadiSchoolyard Tease -
Harley CrossKeith Carter -
Macha MérilMadame Beauvier
