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A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries

1998-2h 7min
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6.0 / 10 21

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.

Directed by James Ivory

Writers Kaylie Jones James Ivory Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Stars Kris Kristofferson Leelee Sobieski Jane Birkin

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Kris Kristofferson

Bill Willis
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Leelee Sobieski

Charlotte Anne 'Channe' Willis, Age 14
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Jane Birkin

Mrs. Fortescue
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Barbara Hershey

Marcella Willis
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Dominique Blanc

Candida
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Virginie Ledoyen

Billy's Mother
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Jesse Bradford

Billy Willis, Age 14
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Isaach de Bankolé

Mamadou
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Anne-Cécile Crapie

Mademoiselle Picot
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Anthony Decadi

Schoolyard Tease
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Harley Cross

Keith Carter
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Macha Méril

Madame Beauvier

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