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A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998)
Directed by James Ivory
“The city of lights. A famous American author and the decade that changed a generation...forever.”
Drama · 2h 07m
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.
Cast
Kris Kristofferson
Bill Willis
Leelee Sobieski
Charlotte Anne 'Channe' Willis, Age 14
Jane Birkin
Mrs. Fortescue
Barbara Hershey
Marcella Willis
Dominique Blanc
Candida
Virginie Ledoyen
Billy's Mother
Jesse Bradford
Billy Willis, Age 14
Isaach de Bankolé
Mamadou
Anne-Cécile Crapie
Mademoiselle Picot
Anthony Decadi
Schoolyard Tease
Harley Cross
Keith Carter
Macha Méril
Madame Beauvier
Crew
- Director
- James Ivory
- Screenplay
- James Ivory, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
- Novel
- Kaylie Jones
- Director of Photography
- Jean-Marc Fabre
- Original Music Composer
- Richard Robbins
- Editor
- Noëlle Boisson
- Producer
- Ismail Merchant
Details
- Release date
- 1998-09-18
- Runtime
- 2h 07m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English, French
- Countries
- United Kingdom, France, United States of America
- Production
- Merchant Ivory Productions, Merchant Ivory Productions, October Films, Capitol Films, British Screen Productions
- Box office
- $1,782,005