A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries

A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998)

Released: 1998-09-18 Duration: 2hr 7min
Genres: Drama
Rating 6.0
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.

Production Companies

Merchant Ivory Productions
October Films
October Films
Capitol Films
Capitol Films
British Screen

Additional Info

Budget $0.00
Revenue $1,782,005.00
Original Language en
Popularity 0.2128

Directed By

James Ivory

Crew

Screenplay
James Ivory
Director
James Ivory
Original Music Composer
Richard Robbins
Co-Producer
Paul Bradley
Co-Executive Producer
Sharon Harel-Cohen
Co-Executive Producer
Jane Barclay
Executive Producer
Richard Hawley
Executive Producer
Nayeem Hafizka
Producer
Ismail Merchant
Production Design
Pat Garner
Costume Design
Carol Ramsey
Art Direction
Linwood Taylor
ADR Mixer
Mark DeSimone
Production Design
Jacques Bufnoir
Director of Photography
Jean-Marc Fabre
Set Decoration
James Edward Ferrell Jr.
Sound Recordist
Tim Cavagin
Key Hair Stylist
Thomas Nellen
Casting
Tricia Tomey
Art Direction
Per-Olof Renard

TOP 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

Virginie Ledoyen
Virginie Ledoyen

Billy's Mother

Jesse Bradford
Jesse Bradford

Billy Willis, Age 14

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

Nathalie Richard
Nathalie Richard

Madame Fournier

Anthony Roth Costanzo
Anthony Roth Costanzo

Francis Fortescue

Bob Swaim
Bob Swaim

Bob Smith

Luisa Conlon
Luisa Conlon

Young Charlotte Anne 'Channe' Willis, Age 7

Samuel Gruen
Samuel Gruen

Benoit / Young Billy Willis, Age 7

Michelle Fairley
Michelle Fairley

Miss O'Shaunessy

Scott Thomas
Scott Thomas

First Jock

Frédéric Da
Frédéric Da

Stephane

Christopher Berry
Christopher Berry

Steve Bates

Antoine Chain
Antoine Chain

Pierre Anloite (Billy's Father)

Marie Henriau
Marie Henriau

Social Worker

Florence Villeminot
Florence Villeminot

Gillis Smith

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