A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries

A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries

1998
2h 7m
6.1

6.1/10

22 votes • View on IMDb
Drama

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

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.

WATCH NOW

Status: Released

Revenue: $1,782,005

Language: EN

Watch "A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries"

Open in New Tab
Streaming provided by vidsrc.xyz • Video quality may vary • Use VPN if unavailable

Production Information

Production Companies
Merchant Ivory Productions Merchant Ivory Productions October Films Capitol Films British Screen Productions
Production Countries
United Kingdom France United States of America
Spoken Languages
English French

Keywords

paris, france based on novel or book 1970s family relationships coming of age author new england adopted brother 1960s adopted son

Quick Facts

Release Date September 18, 1998
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0120835

Cast

Kris Kristofferson
Kris Kristofferson

Bill Willis

Leelee Sobieski
Leelee Sobieski

Charlotte Anne 'Channe' Willis, Age 14

Jane Birkin
Jane Birkin

Mrs. Fortescue

Barbara Hershey
Barbara Hershey

Marcella Willis

Dominique Blanc
Dominique Blanc

Candida

Virginie Ledoyen
Virginie Ledoyen

Billy's Mother

Jesse Bradford
Jesse Bradford

Billy Willis, Age 14

Isaach de Bankolé
Isaach de Bankolé

Mamadou

Anne-Cécile Crapie
Anne-Cécile Crapie

Mademoiselle Picot

Anthony Decadi
Anthony Decadi

Schoolyard Tease

Harley Cross
Harley Cross

Keith Carter

Macha Méril
Macha Méril

Madame Beauvier

Key Crew

James Ivory
Screenplay
James Ivory
Director
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Screenplay
Richard Hawley
Executive Producer
Nayeem Hafizka
Executive Producer
Ismail Merchant
Producer