A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
movie
The city of lights. A famous American author and the decade that changed a generation...forever.
Released September 18, 1998
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Overview
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
as
Bill Willis
Leelee Sobieski
as
Charlotte Anne 'Channe' Willis, Age 14
Jane Birkin
as
Mrs. Fortescue
Barbara Hershey
as
Marcella Willis
Dominique Blanc
as
Candida
Virginie Ledoyen
as
Billy's Mother
Jesse Bradford
as
Billy Willis, Age 14
Isaach de Bankolé
as
Mamadou
Anne-Cécile Crapie
as
Mademoiselle Picot
Anthony Decadi
as
Schoolyard Tease
Harley Cross
as
Keith Carter
Macha Méril
as
Madame Beauvier
Crew
James Ivory
as
Director
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Kaylie Jones
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Novel
James Ivory
as
Screenplay
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
as
Screenplay
Richard Robbins
as
Original Music Composer
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Richard Hawley
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Executive Producer
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Sharon Harel-Cohen
as
Co-Executive Producer
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Nayeem Hafizka
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Executive Producer
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Paul Bradley
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Co-Producer
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Jane Barclay
as
Co-Executive Producer
Ismail Merchant
as
Producer
Jean-Marc Fabre
as
Director of Photography