A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998)

A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
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  • Genre: Drama
  • Running time: 127 min
  • Premiere: 18th of September 1998

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.

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Cast

Leelee Sobieski
as Charlotte Anne 'Channe' Willis, Age 14
Michelle Fairley
as Miss O'Shaunessy
Virginie Ledoyen
as Billy's Mother
Jesse Bradford
as Billy Willis, Age 14
Barbara Hershey
as Marcella Willis
Jane Birkin
as Mrs. Fortescue
Kris Kristofferson
as Bill Willis
Scott Thomas
as First Jock
Macha Méril
as Madame Beauvier
Bob Swaim
as Bob Smith
Christopher Berry
as Steve Bates
Harley Cross
as Keith Carter
Nathalie Richard
as Madame Fournier
Marie Henriau
as Social Worker
Anne-Cécile Crapie
as Mademoiselle Picot
Anthony Decadi
as Schoolyard Tease
Anthony Roth Costanzo
as Francis Fortescue
Frédéric Da
as Stephane
Luisa Conlon
as Young Charlotte Anne 'Channe' Willis, Age 7
Florence Villeminot
as Gillis Smith
Antoine Chain
as Pierre Anloite (Billy's Father)

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