A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998)

Directed by

James Ivory

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom, France, United States

Runtime

2h 07m

Rated

R

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 24 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An American family lives in Paris in the 1960s and 1970s and then moves back to New England. The story is told through the eyes of the daughter as she grows up and the family adjusts to different places and changes.

family-focusedbittersweetleisurely-pacedreflectiveatmospherictenderculturalslice-of-life

What happens

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 daughter's point of view. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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