A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998)

09/18/1998 2h 7m

The city of lights. A famous American author and the decade that changed a generation...forever.

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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.

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Cast Ages at Release

Kris Kristofferson

as Bill Willis

Born 06/22/1936, age

Leelee Sobieski

as Charlotte Anne 'Channe' Willis, Age 14

Born 06/10/1983, age

Jane Birkin

as Mrs. Fortescue

Born 12/14/1946

Died 07/16/2023, age

Barbara Hershey

as Marcella Willis

Born 02/05/1948, age

Dominique Blanc

as Candida

Born 04/25/1956, age

Virginie Ledoyen

as Billy's Mother

Born 11/15/1976, age

Jesse Bradford

as Billy Willis, Age 14

Born 05/28/1979, age

Isaach De Bankolé

as Mamadou

Born 08/12/1957, age

Harley Cross

as Keith Carter

Born 03/31/1978, age

Macha Méril

as Madame Beauvier

Born 09/03/1940, age

Nathalie Richard

as Madame Fournier

Born 01/06/1963, age