A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries 1998
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.
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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All 1 Videos & 5 Photoscast
Full Cast & Crew... Bill Willis
... Charlotte Anne 'Channe' Willis, Age 14
... Mrs. Fortescue
... Marcella Willis
... Candida
... Billy's Mother
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Release Date:
Sep 18, 1998 (United Kingdom,United States)
Run Time:
2hr 7`
MMPA Rating:
R
Original Language:
English
Production Countries:
United Kingdom,United States
Status:
Released
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Cast & Crew of
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
Directors & Credit Writers
... Director
Cast
... Bill Willis
... Charlotte Anne 'Channe' Willis, Age 14
... Mrs. Fortescue
... Marcella Willis
... Candida
... Billy's Mother
... Billy Willis, Age 14
... Mamadou (as Isaac De Bankole)
... Mademoiselle Picot (as Anne-Cecile Crapie)
... Schoolyard Tease
... Keith Carter
... Madame Beauvier
... Madame Fournier
... Francis Fortescue
... Bob Smith
... Young Charlotte Anne 'Channe' Willis, Age 7
SG
Samuel Gruen... Benoit / Young Billy Willis, Age 7
... Miss O'Shaunessy
... First Jock
... Stephane