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.
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Kris Kristofferson as Bill Willis
Leelee Sobieski as Charlotte Anne 'Channe' Willis, Age 14
Jane Birkin as Mrs. Fortescue
Barbara Hershey as Marcella Willis
Dominique Blanc as Candida
Virginie Ledoyen as Billy's Mother
Jesse Bradford as Billy Willis, Age 14
Isaach de Bankolé as Mamadou
Anne-Cécile Crapie as Mademoiselle Picot
Anthony Decadi as Schoolyard Tease
Harley Cross as Keith Carter
Macha Méril as Madame Beauvier
Nathalie Richard as Madame Fournier
Anthony Roth Costanzo as Francis Fortescue
Bob Swaim as Bob Smith
Luisa Conlon as Young Charlotte Anne 'Channe' Willis, Age 7
Samuel Gruen as Benoit / Young Billy Willis, Age 7
Michelle Fairley as Miss O'Shaunessy
Scott Thomas as First Jock
Frédéric Da as Stephane
Christopher Berry as Steve Bates
Antoine Chain as Pierre Anloite (Billy's Father)
Marie Henriau as Social Worker
Florence Villeminot as Gillis Smith
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