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A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998)
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Reviews Counted:24
Fresh:20
Rotten:4
Average Rating:7.2/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 8 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: James Ivory directed this moving, well-acted coming-of-age drama about a famous writer and expatriate, Bill Willis (Kris Kristofferson), and his family, who live in France after World War II. Bill... James Ivory directed this moving, well-acted coming-of-age drama about a famous writer and expatriate, Bill Willis (Kris Kristofferson), and his family, who live in France after World War II. Bill and his wife, Marcella (Barbara Hershey), raise their daughter, Channe (Leelee Sobieski), and adopted son, Billy (Jesse Bradford), with a great deal of freedom and love. But when Bill decides to move the family back to the United States for medical reasons, the kids have trouble adapting to American life. The film is based on the autobiographical novel by Kaylie Jones, daughter of writer James Jones (FROM HERE TO ETERNITY, THE THIN RED LINE). [More]
Starring: Kris Kristofferson, Leelee Sobieski, Barbara Hershey, Jane Birkin
Starring: Kris Kristofferson, Leelee Sobieski, Barbara Hershey, Jane Birkin, Dominique Blanc, Jesse Bradford, Harley Cross, Virginie Ledoyen, Isaach de Bankolé
Director: James Ivory
Director: James Ivory
Screenwriter: James Ivory, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Producer: Ismail Merchant
Composer: Richard Robbins
Reviews for A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
There's something fresher in this Merchant-Ivory film about an expatriate family in Paris in the 1970s: It's not as tasteful, stately, and restrained as their other literary adaptations.
A fluidly acted and well-directed film about one family's capacity to adapt to changes with courage and grace.
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