24 Jun 2025
Ciao, Mama
A son returns home for his mother's funeral after she makes everyone in the family promise not to tell him about her illness.
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
The city of lights. A famous American author and the decade that changed a generation...forever.
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.
Top Billed Cast
Kris Kristofferson Bill Willis
Leelee Sobieski Charlotte Anne 'Channe' Willis, Age 14
Jane Birkin Mrs. Fortescue
Barbara Hershey Marcella Willis
Dominique Blanc Candida
Virginie Ledoyen Billy's Mother
Jesse Bradford Billy Willis, Age 14
Isaach de Bankolé Mamadou
Anne-Cécile Crapie Mademoiselle Picot
Anthony Decadi Schoolyard Tease
Harley Cross Keith Carter
Macha Méril Madame Beauvier
Nathalie Richard Madame Fournier
Anthony Roth Costanzo Francis Fortescue
Samuel Gruen Benoit / Young Billy Willis, Age 7
Michelle Fairley Miss O'Shaunessy
Scott Thomas First Jock
Christopher Berry Steve Bates
Antoine Chain Pierre Anloite (Billy's Father)
Marie Henriau Social Worker
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