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A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
“The city of lights. A famous American author and the decade that changed a generation...forever.”
6.1 / 10• 1998• 2h 7m•R• English
Drama
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Kris Kristofferson
Bill Willis
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. James Ivory's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
