A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries 1998
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.
- Title: A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
- Year: 1998
- Genre: Drama
- Country: France, United Kingdom, United States of America
- Studio: Capitol Films, British Screen Productions, Merchant Ivory Productions
- Director: James Ivory
- Cast: Kris Kristofferson, Leelee Sobieski, Jane Birkin, Barbara Hershey, Dominique Blanc, Virginie Ledoyen
- Crew: Richard Robbins (Original Music Composer), James Ivory (Screenplay), James Ivory (Director), Kaylie Jones (Novel), Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (Screenplay), Jane Barclay (Co-Executive Producer)
- Keyword: paris, france, based on novel or book, 1970s, family relationships, coming of age, author, new england, adopted brother, 1960s, adopted son
- Release: Sep 18, 1998
- Runtime: 127 minutes
- IMDb: 6.10 / 10 by 20 users
- Popularity: 4
- Budget: $0
- Revenue: $1,782,005
- Language: English, Français
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