A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998)
The city of lights. A famous American author and the decade that changed a generation...forever.
127 min
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.
- Release date
- September 18, 1998
- Country of origin
- United States, France, United Kingdom
- Music
- Richard Robbins
- Box office
- $1,782,005
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Cast
- Kris Kristofferson as Bill Willis
- Leelee Sobieski as Channe, Age 14
- Jane Birkin as Mrs. Fortescue
- Barbara Hershey as Marcella
- Dominique Blanc as Candida
- Virginie Ledoyen as Billy's Mother
- Jesse Bradford as Billy Willis, Age 14
- Isaach De Bankolé as Mamadou
- Anthony Decadi as Schoolyard Tease
- Harley Cross as Keith Carter
- Macha Méril as Madame Beauvier
- Nathalie Richard as Madame Fournier
- Anthony Roth Costanzo as Francis Fortescue
- Bob Swaim as Bob Smith
- Luisa Conlon as Channe, Age 7
- Samuel Gruen as Benoit
- Michelle Fairley as Miss O'Shaunessy
- Scott Miles as First Jock
- Christopher Berry as Steve Bates
- Antoine Chain as Pierre Anloite (Billy's Father)
- Marie Henriau as Social Worker
- Samuel Gruen as Billy, Age 7
- Dominic Gould as Poker Player, Paris
Crew
- James Ivory · Director
- Kaylie Jones · Writer
- James Ivory · Writer
- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala · Writer
- Ismail Merchant · Producer
- Richard Robbins · Composer
- Jean-Marc Fabre · Cinematographer
- Noëlle Boisson · Editor
- Tricia Tomey · Casting director