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A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries

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Calorie Rating: 178
Released: 1998-09-18
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 127 Minutes
Revenue 1782005
Studios: Capitol Films, British Screen Productions, Merchant Ivory Productions,


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.

Director / Directors

James Ivory
Director


Cast

Kris Kristofferson
Character: Bill Willis
Leelee Sobieski
Character: Charlotte Anne 'Channe' Willis, Age 14
Jane Birkin
Character: Mrs. Fortescue

Barbara Hershey
Character: Marcella Willis
Dominique Blanc
Character: Candida
Virginie Ledoyen
Character: Billy's Mother

Jesse Bradford
Character: Billy Willis, Age 14
Isaach de Bankolé
Character: Mamadou
Anne-Cécile Crapie
Character: Mademoiselle Picot

Anthony Decadi
Character: Schoolyard Tease
Harley Cross
Character: Keith Carter
Macha Méril
Character: Madame Beauvier

Nathalie Richard
Character: Madame Fournier
Anthony Roth Costanzo
Character: Francis Fortescue
Bob Swaim
Character: Bob Smith

Luisa Conlon
Character: Young Charlotte Anne 'Channe' Willis, Age 7
Samuel Gruen
Character: Benoit / Young Billy Willis, Age 7
Michelle Fairley
Character: Miss O'Shaunessy

Scott Thomas
Character: First Jock
Frédéric Da
Character: Stephane
Christopher Berry
Character: Steve Bates

Antoine Chain
Character: Pierre Anloite (Billy's Father)
Marie Henriau
Character: Social Worker
Florence Villeminot
Character: Gillis Smith


Production and Crew

Richard Robbins
Original Music Composer
James Ivory
Screenplay

Jane Barclay
Co-Executive Producer
Paul Bradley
Co-Producer

Nayeem Hafizka
Executive Producer
Richard Hawley
Executive Producer
Sharon Harel-Cohen
Co-Executive Producer

Carol Ramsey
Costume Design

Pat Garner
Production Design
Thomas Nellen
Key Hair Stylist
Jacques Bufnoir
Production Design

Tim Cavagin
Sound Recordist
Jean-Marc Fabre
Director of Photography

Per-Olof Renard
Art Direction
Linwood Taylor
Art Direction