
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.

as Bill Willis

as Charlotte Anne 'Channe' Willis, Age 14

as Mrs. Fortescue

as Marcella Willis

as Candida

as Billy's Mother

as Billy Willis, Age 14

as Mamadou

as Mademoiselle Picot

as Schoolyard Tease

as Keith Carter

as Madame Beauvier

as Madame Fournier

as Francis Fortescue

as Bob Smith

as Young Charlotte Anne 'Channe' Willis, Age 7

as Benoit / Young Billy Willis, Age 7

as Miss O'Shaunessy

as First Jock

as Stephane

as Steve Bates

as Pierre Anloite (Billy's Father)

as Social Worker

as Gillis Smith