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A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries

60% | Sep 18, 1998
Drama

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.

Top Billed Cast

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Kris Kristofferson
Bill Willis
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Leelee Sobieski
Charlotte Anne 'Channe' Willis, Age 14
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Jane Birkin
Mrs. Fortescue
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Barbara Hershey
Marcella Willis

Featured Crew

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James Ivory
Director
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Kaylie Jones
Novel
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James Ivory
Screenplay
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Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
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Richard Robbins
Original Music Composer
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Richard Hawley
Executive Producer
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Sharon Harel-Cohen
Co-Executive Producer
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Nayeem Hafizka
Executive Producer
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Paul Bradley
Co-Producer
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Jane Barclay
Co-Executive Producer
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Ismail Merchant
Producer
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Jean-Marc Fabre
Director of Photography

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