A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries

A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries

6.0

Sep 18 1998

2h 7m

Drama

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.

Kris Kristofferson

Kris Kristofferson

Bill Willis

Leelee Sobieski

Leelee Sobieski

Charlotte Anne 'Channe' Willis, Age 14

Jane Birkin

Jane Birkin

Mrs. Fortescue

Barbara Hershey

Barbara Hershey

Marcella Willis