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A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries(Movie, 1998)

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| 2h 7min | Genre: Drama
A Soldier's Daughter Never CriesRating: 3.2/5 (with 99 votes)
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries is a 1998 drama film directed by James Ivory from a screenplay he co-wrote with Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. It stars Kris Kristofferson, Barbara Hershey, Leelee Sobieski and Jesse Bradford. The film is a fictionalized account of the family life of writer James Jones and is based on Kaylie Jones' novel of the same name. Structured as a novel, the film is divided into three segments each named after a different protagonist. The plot follows an expatriate American family living in Paris during the 1960s and 1970s until their return and adjustment to life in New England, seen from the point of view of the daughter. ()
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About A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries

This fictionalized story, based on the family life of writer James Jones, is an emotional slice-of-life story. Jones is portrayed here portrayed 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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Additional Information

Plays in: Paris
Original language: Italian (IT)
Spoken languages: English (EN), French (FR)
Translated into 7 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 09/18/1998
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"La fille d'un soldat ne pleure jamais"

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