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
