6.1A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries · 1998
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998) is a Drama film directed by James Ivory, starring Kris Kristofferson, Leelee Sobieski, Jane Birkin.
Drama
6.1Overview
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.
Cast
Kris Kristofferson, Leelee Sobieski, Jane Birkin, Barbara Hershey, Dominique Blanc, Virginie Ledoyen, Jesse Bradford, Isaach de Bankolé
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What is "A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries" about?
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.
When was "A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries" released?
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries was released in 1998.
Who stars in "A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries"?
The cast includes Kris Kristofferson, Leelee Sobieski, Jane Birkin, Barbara Hershey.
