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A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998)

R ★ 6.2/10 127 min Drama United Kingdom, France, United States English
Director: James Ivory
Streaming: Not available
The city of lights. A famous American author and the decade that changed a generation...forever.

Description

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.

Top Cast

Kris Kristofferson
Kris Kristofferson Bill Willis
Leelee Sobieski
Leelee Sobieski Charlotte Anne 'Channe' Willis, Age 14
Jane Birkin
Jane Birkin Mrs. Fortescue
Barbara Hershey
Barbara Hershey Marcella Willis
Dominique Blanc
Dominique Blanc Candida
Virginie Ledoyen
Virginie Ledoyen Billy's Mother
Jesse Bradford
Jesse Bradford Billy Willis, Age 14
Isaach de Bankolé
Isaach de Bankolé Mamadou

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