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The city of lights. A famous American author and the decade that changed a generation...forever. - A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
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Title: A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries

Release Date: 18 Sep 1998

Runtime: 2h 7m

Genre: Drama

Director: Capitol Films, British Screen Productions, Merchant Ivory Productions

Production Companies: Capitol Films, British Screen Productions, Merchant Ivory Productions

Overview: 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.

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Average Vote: 6 (21 votes)

Cast

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