A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998)
2h 7min
·About
The city of lights. A famous American author and the decade that changed a generation...forever.
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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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Crew
Directed by: James Ivory, Jean-Marc Fabre
Produced by: Jane Barclay, Paul Bradley, Nayeem Hafizka
Composed by: Richard Robbins
Cast

Kris Kristofferson
Bill Willis

Leelee Sobieski
Charlotte Anne 'Channe' Willis, Age 14

Jane Birkin
Mrs. Fortescue

Barbara Hershey
Marcella Willis

Dominique Blanc
Candida

Virginie Ledoyen
Billy's Mother

Jesse Bradford
Billy Willis, Age 14

Isaach de Bankolé
Mamadou

Anne-Cécile Crapie
Mademoiselle Picot

Anthony Decadi
Schoolyard Tease
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