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A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998)

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.

  • Drama

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Kris KristoffersonKris KristoffersonBill Willis
  • Photo of Leelee SobieskiLeelee SobieskiCharlotte Anne 'Channe' Willis, Age 14
  • Photo of Jane BirkinJane BirkinMrs. Fortescue
  • Photo of Barbara HersheyBarbara HersheyMarcella Willis
  • Photo of Dominique BlancDominique BlancCandida
  • Photo of Virginie LedoyenVirginie LedoyenBilly's Mother
  • Photo of Jesse BradfordJesse BradfordBilly Willis, Age 14
  • Photo of Isaach de BankoléIsaach de BankoléMamadou
  • Photo of Anne-Cécile CrapieAnne-Cécile CrapieMademoiselle Picot
  • Photo of Anthony DecadiAnthony DecadiSchoolyard Tease

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