Drama

A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries

- 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.

Release Date : 1998-09-18

Language :EnglishFrench

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Capitol FilmsBritish Screen ProductionsMerchant Ivory Productions

Production Country : FranceUnited KingdomUnited States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Bill Willis

Original Name : Kris Kristofferson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Charlotte Anne 'Channe' Willis, Age 14

Original Name : Leelee Sobieski

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mrs. Fortescue

Original Name : Jane Birkin

Gender : Female

Character Name : Marcella Willis

Original Name : Barbara Hershey

Gender : Female

Character Name : Candida

Original Name : Dominique Blanc

Gender : Female

Character Name : Billy's Mother

Original Name : Virginie Ledoyen

Gender : Female

Character Name : Billy Willis, Age 14

Original Name : Jesse Bradford

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mamadou

Original Name : Isaach de Bankolé

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mademoiselle Picot

Original Name : Anne-Cécile Crapie

Gender : Female

Character Name : Schoolyard Tease

Original Name : Anthony Decadi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Keith Carter

Original Name : Harley Cross

Gender : Male

Character Name : Madame Beauvier

Original Name : Macha Méril

Gender : Female

Character Name : Madame Fournier

Original Name : Nathalie Richard

Gender : Female

Character Name : Francis Fortescue

Original Name : Anthony Roth Costanzo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bob Smith

Original Name : Bob Swaim

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Charlotte Anne 'Channe' Willis, Age 7

Original Name : Luisa Conlon

Gender : Female

Character Name : Benoit / Young Billy Willis, Age 7

Original Name : Samuel Gruen

Gender : Male

Character Name : Miss O'Shaunessy

Original Name : Michelle Fairley

Gender : Female

Character Name : First Jock

Original Name : Scott Thomas

Gender : Male

Character Name : Stephane

Original Name : Frédéric Da

Gender : Male

Character Name : Steve Bates

Original Name : Christopher Berry

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pierre Anloite (Billy's Father)

Original Name : Antoine Chain

Gender : Male

Character Name : Social Worker

Original Name : Marie Henriau

Gender : Female

Character Name : Gillis Smith

Original Name : Florence Villeminot

Gender : Female

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