A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1998-09-18
Runtime: 127 mins
Director: James Ivory
Spoken language: English, Français
Genres: Drama
Original title: A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
Production Companies: Merchant Ivory Productions, October Films, Capitol Films, British Screen
Production Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America
Cast
Kris Kristofferson
Leelee Sobieski
Jane Birkin
Barbara Hershey
Dominique Blanc
Virginie Ledoyen
Jesse Bradford
Isaach de Bankolé
Anne-Cécile Crapie
Anthony Decadi
Harley Cross
Macha Méril
Nathalie Richard
Anthony Roth Costanzo
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