A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries

A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries

The city of lights. A famous American author and the decade that changed a generation...forever.

1998 en 127 minutes

Rating: 6.1

Plot

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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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

Anne-Cécile Crapie

Anne-Cécile Crapie

Mademoiselle Picot

Anthony Decadi

Anthony Decadi

Schoolyard Tease

Harley Cross

Harley Cross

Keith Carter

Macha Méril

Macha Méril

Madame Beauvier

Nathalie Richard

Nathalie Richard

Madame Fournier

Anthony Roth Costanzo

Anthony Roth Costanzo

Francis Fortescue

Bob Swaim

Bob Swaim

Bob Smith

Luisa Conlon

Luisa Conlon

Young Charlotte Anne 'Channe' Willis, Age 7

Samuel Gruen

Samuel Gruen

Benoit / Young Billy Willis, Age 7

Michelle Fairley

Michelle Fairley

Miss O'Shaunessy

Scott Thomas

Scott Thomas

First Jock

Frédéric Da

Frédéric Da

Stephane

Christopher Berry

Christopher Berry

Steve Bates

Antoine Chain

Antoine Chain

Pierre Anloite (Billy's Father)

Marie Henriau

Marie Henriau

Social Worker

Florence Villeminot

Florence Villeminot

Gillis Smith

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