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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?
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| Also Known As: |
A Soldier's Daughter
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| Production Status: |
Released |
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| Logline: |
A soldier struggles with family life after returning from war. |
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| Genres: |
Drama, Adaptation and Biopic |
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| Running Time: |
2 hrs. 7 min. |
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| Release Date: |
September 18, 1998 |
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| MPAA Rating: |
R for language. |
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| Distributors: |
October Films
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| Production Co.: |
Merchant/Ivory Productions, British Screen Finance, Pangea Media Group
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| U.S. Box Office: |
$1,759,596 |
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| Filming Locations: |
Paris, France
North Carolina, USA
Normandie, France
Long Island, USA
Long Island, New York, USA
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| Produced in: |
United States |
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