A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
(1998)

The city of lights. A famous American author and the decade that changed a generation...forever.

Released: 1998-09-18

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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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Leelee Sobieski

as Charlotte Anne 'Channe' Willis, Age 14

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Jane Birkin

as Mrs. Fortescue

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Barbara Hershey

as Marcella Willis

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Virginie Ledoyen

as Billy's Mother

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Jesse Bradford

as Billy Willis, Age 14

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Anne-Cécile Crapie

as Mademoiselle Picot

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Anthony Decadi

as Schoolyard Tease

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Harley Cross

as Keith Carter

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Macha Méril

as Madame Beauvier

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Nathalie Richard

as Madame Fournier

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Anthony Roth Costanzo

as Francis Fortescue

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Bob Swaim

as Bob Smith

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Luisa Conlon

as Young Charlotte Anne 'Channe' Willis, Age 7

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Samuel Gruen

as Benoit / Young Billy Willis, Age 7

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Michelle Fairley

as Miss O'Shaunessy

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Scott Thomas

as First Jock

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Richard Robbins

Original Music Composer

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Richard Hawley

Executive Producer

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Sharon Harel-Cohen

Co-Executive Producer

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Nayeem Hafizka

Executive Producer

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Paul Bradley

Co-Producer

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Jane Barclay

Co-Executive Producer

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Jean-Marc Fabre

Director of Photography

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Carol Ramsey

Costume Design

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Thomas Nellen

Key Hair Stylist

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Pat Garner

Production Design

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Per-Olof Renard

Art Direction

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