A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries

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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  James Ivory

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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
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  Dominique Blanc
  Candida
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  Virginie Ledoyen
  Billy's Mother
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  Jesse Bradford
  Billy Willis, Age 14
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  Isaach de Bankolé
  Mamadou
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  Anne-Cécile Crapie
  Mademoiselle Picot
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  Anthony Decadi
  Schoolyard Tease
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  Harley Cross
  Keith Carter
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  Macha Méril
  Madame Beauvier
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  Nathalie Richard
  Madame Fournier
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  Anthony Roth Costanzo
  Francis Fortescue
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  Bob Swaim
  Bob Smith
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  Luisa Conlon
  Young Charlotte Anne 'Channe' Willis, Age 7
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  Samuel Gruen
  Benoit / Young Billy Willis, Age 7
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  Michelle Fairley
  Miss O'Shaunessy
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  Scott Thomas
  First Jock
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  Frédéric Da
  Stephane