A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
James Ivory
Anne-cecile Crapie
Don Baker
Loretta Anawalt
Mitch Eakins
Freddy Stracham
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Based on memoirs, the story of an American family living in Paris in the sixties and seventies, told from the point of view of the daughter, Channe. The father, Bill Willis, is a successful expatriate writer, a WWII veteran haunted by his experiences in the Pacific. His wife, Marcella, is an emotional, fun-loving woman. The first segment is set when six-year old Benoit, a French orphan, is brought into the family for adoption: Channe and Benoit must get used to each other, and to school. The second segment deals with Channe's first friendship with a boy, this experience interrupted when the family move back to America for the sake of Bill's bad health. Having to deal with adolescence and assimilation to a new culture, along with their father's worsening health, both children experience identity crises questioning--to which nationality, and to which culture do their souls belong?
Director
James Ivory
Cast
Anne-cecile Crapie
Don Baker
Loretta Anawalt
Mitch Eakins
Freddy Stracham
Daniel Tepfer
Leelee Sobieski
Emma Scaife
Christopher Berry
Dominique Blanc
Pierre-michel Sivadier
Veronique Bellegarde
Eric Naccache
Luisa Conlon
Louis St Calbre
Macha Meril
Dominic Gould
Stephanie Levin
Keith Cross
Catherine Alcover
Susan Gutfreund
Catherine Villeminot
Bruce Anawalt
Jesse Bradford
Anthony Decadi
Anna Niedleman
Barbara Hershey
Frederic Da
Bob Swaim
Virginie Ledoyen
Marie Henriau
Nathalie Richard
Scott Thomas
Isaach Debankolt
Elizabeth Villeminot
Jane Birkin
Sarah Haxaire
Marcos Pujol
Kris Kristofferson
Tammy Helm
Michelle Fairley
Antoine Chain
Florence Villeminot
Miranda Raimondi
Louis Niedleman
Valerie Todedano
Tammy Arnold
Alycia Fashae
Samuel Gruen
Catrional Mccoll
Anthony Roth Costanzo
Crew
Geoffrey Alexander
Graeme Allwright
Graeme Allwright
Carlos Alomar
Eve-marie Arnault
Maud Baigneres
Jane Barclay
Hildegard Behrens
John Bell
Jane Birkin
Ritchie Blackmore
Pascal Rene Blanc
Noelle Boisson
Cecile Bon
Rahila Bootwala
David Bowie
David Bowie
Paul Bradley
Jacques Bufnoir
Tim Cavagin
Nadine Chaussonniere
Melissa Chung
Lol Creme
Dalida
Gregoire Delage
Gaetan Delaugardiere
Jacques Demarny
Gillean Dickie
Louis Difelice
George Every
Jean-marc Fabre
James Ferrell
Michel Filippi
Giovacchino Forzano
Celestia Fox
Soeur Luc Gabriel
Serge Gainsbourg
France Gall
Pat Garner
Ian Gillan
Roger Glover
Kevin Godley
Graham Gouldman
Christopher Granier-deferre
Nayeem Hafizka
Sharon Harel-cohen
Richard Hawley
Richard Hawley
Richard Hawley
Ludovic Henault
Dean Humphreys
Craig Irving
James Ivory
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Kaylie Jones
Herbert Von Karajan
Tracy Kilpatrick
Martina Kohl
John Lennon
John Lennon
Jacques Leroide
Andrew Litvach
Andrew Litvack
Jon Lord
R S Louiguy
Nick Lowe
Enrique Macias
Enrique Macias
Paul Mccartney
Dara Mcquillan
Ismail Merchant
Colin Miller
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Dean Mumford
Thomas Nellen
Roland Neunreuther
Stephanie O'brien
Ian Paice
Edith Piaf
Giacomo Puccini
Tito Puente
Will Purcell
Harry Rabinowitz
Carol Ramsey
Per-olof Renard
Shannon Rippy
Richard Robbins
Marla Sheldon
Richard Strauss
Chip Taylor
Linwood Taylor
Antonio Tejera
Luigi Tenco
Samantha Z Timmerman
Tricia Tomey
Annette Trumel
Dmitri Vigneswaren
Kirsty Whalley
Al Wilson
Bill Withers
Bill Withers
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Nominated for the 1998 award for Most Promising Actress (Leelee Sobieski) from the Chicago Film Critics Association.
Expanded Release in United States September 25, 1998
Released in United States 1998
Released in United States April 1999
Released in United States Fall September 18, 1998
Released in United States on Video April 6, 1999
Released in United States September 1998
Shown at Aspen Filmfest in Aspen, Colorado September 23-27, 1998.
Shown at Deauville Festival of American Film September 4-13, 1998.
Shown at Paris Film Festival (opening night) April 6-13, 1999.
Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Special Presentation) September 10-19, 1998.
Shown at Venice Film Festival (out of competition) August 26 - September 8, 1998.
Began shooting October 7, 1997.
Completed shooting December 31, 1997.
Author James Jones, upon whom the story is based, wrote the novels "From Here to Eternity" and "The Thin Red Line."
Released in United States 1998 (Shown at Venice Film Festival (out of competition) August 26 - September 8, 1998.)
Released in United States April 1999 (Shown at Paris Film Festival (opening night) April 6-13, 1999.)
Released in United States on Video April 6, 1999
Released in United States September 1998 (Shown at Aspen Filmfest in Aspen, Colorado September 23-27, 1998.)
Released in United States September 1998 (Shown at Deauville Festival of American Film September 4-13, 1998.)
Released in United States September 1998 (Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Special Presentation) September 10-19, 1998.)
Released in United States Fall September 18, 1998 (NY, LA)
Expanded Release in United States September 25, 1998
