A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998) on Netflix
In 1960s Paris, the American novelist Bill Willis lives with his wife Marcella and their daughter Channe. The couple takes in Benoit, a six-year-old French boy, as their adopted son.
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Plot summary
Bill Willis, an American novelist who served in World War II, lives in Paris in the 1960s with Marcella, his unpredictable, free-spirited wife, and their six-year-old daughter, Channe. The couple is popular at the cocktail parties of Paris, and Marcella longs for another child, though miscarriages have made that difficult. The household takes in Benoit, a six-year-old French boy whose young unmarried mother could not care for him. He has passed through many orphanages and foster homes, and at first he will not unpack his suitcase; he is surprised by the love he finds, and once settled he asks to be called Billy, after his new father. Channe, at first jealous, turns to her protective Portuguese nanny, Candida, and then warms to her brother.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998)
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- A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries is a fictionalized account of the family life of the writer James Jones, adapted from the novel of the same name by Kaylie Jones.
- Nighttime party scenes set in Paris were often filmed during the day: the production dealt with difficulties over the Paris location by simply avoiding the windows, a strategy that lent the scenes a close, intimate feel appropriate to the story.
