A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998)
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries is a book-based movie adapted from "A soldier's daughter never cries" by Kaylie Jones. This Drama film is a direct adaptation, and its release date is September 18, 1998.
The Source Material
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Overview
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About The Movie
Description
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.
Details
- Title
- A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
- Original Title
- A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
- Original Language
- EN
- Genres
- Drama
- US Theatrical
- September 18, 1998 · Rated R