A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998)
All the adventure a man can live, he lives.
1998-09-18
United Kingdom, United States of America
127 Min.
PG-13
Drama
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.
Cast
Bill Willis
Charlotte Anne 'Channe' Willis, Age 14
Mrs. Fortescue
Marcella Willis
Candida
Billy's Mother
Billy Willis, Age 14
Mamadou
Mademoiselle Picot
Schoolyard Tease
Keith Carter
Madame Beauvier
Madame Fournier
Francis Fortescue
Bob Smith
Young Charlotte Anne 'Channe' Willis, Age 7
Benoit / Young Billy Willis, Age 7
Miss O'Shaunessy
First Jock
Stephane
Steve Bates
Pierre Anloite (Billy's Father)
Social Worker
Gillis Smith
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