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.
- James Ivory
- James Ivory
- Kaylie Jones
- Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Rating: 6.024/10 by 21 users
Alternative Title:
La fille d'un soldat ne pleure jamais - FR
En soldats datter gråter aldri - NO
Country:
France
United Kingdom
United States of America
Language:
English
Français
Runtime: 02 hour 07 minutes
Budget: $0
Revenue: $1,782,005
Plot Keyword: paris, france, based on novel or book, 1970s, family relationships, coming of age, author, new england, adopted brother, 1960s, adopted son
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