A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998)

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This fictionalized story, based on the family life of writer James Jones, is an emotional slice-of-life story. Jones is portrayed here portrayed 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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Writers

James Ivory
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Stars

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 (as Isaac De Bankole)

Harley Cross
Keith Carter

Anne-Cécile Crapie
Mademoiselle Picot (as Anne-Cecile Crapie)

Others...

Revenue

1,782,005.00

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Keywords

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

Production

Capitol Films, British Screen Productions, Merchant Ivory Productions

Actor

Kris Kristofferson, Leelee Sobieski, Jane Birkin, Barbara Hershey, Dominique Blanc, Virginie Ledoyen, Jesse Bradford, Isaach De Bankolé, Harley Cross, Anne-Cécile Crapie, Macha Méril, Anthony Decadi, Nathalie Richard, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Bob Swaim, Luisa Conlon, Samuel Gruen, Michelle Fairley, Frédéric Da, Scott Thomas, Christopher Berry, Scott Miles, Antoine Chain, Marie Henriau, Florence Villeminot

Creators

James Ivory (Screenplay), Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (Screenplay), Ismail Merchant (Producer), Richard Robbins (Original Music Composer), Kaylie Jones (Novel), Sharon Harel (Co-Executive Producer), Jane Barclay (Co-Executive Producer), Paul Bradley (Co-Producer), Nayeem Hafizka (Executive Producer), Richard Hawley (Executive Producer)

Alternative titles

La fille d'un soldat ne pleure jamais (FR)

Release dates

18.09.1998 (US)