A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998)

125 min · Drama, drama film

Popularity3.5/5

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Directors

James Ivory

Cast

Kris Kristofferson, Barbara Hershey, Leelee Sobieski, Jane Birkin, Dominique Blanc, Jesse Bradford, Harley Cross, Isaach De Bankolé, Macha Méril

The story

Bill Willis, a successful American novelist and World War II veteran, is living in Paris in the 1960s with his family. He is much loved by his free-spirited, unpredictable wife Marcella. The couple, popular on the Paris cocktail-party circuit, has a six-year-old daughter, Channe (short for Charlotte Anne).

Catalogue themes and tags

1970s, Adopted Son, Adoption, Adoptive Father, Adoptive Mother, Co-operation, Everyday Family Life, Familientreffen, France, Geschwister, Living Together, Move, Parents, Parents Place, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Zeitgeschichte

Genres

Drama, drama film

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