A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998) ***

Based on an autobiographical novel by Kaylie Jones (daughter of author James Jones), this is a warm and sensitive film about a young American girl growing up in Paris. Her relationships with her adopted brother and her dying father are explored with unusual subtlety and psychological insight. A small, quiet gem of a movie, closer in spirit to director James Ivory's "Mr And Mrs Bridge" than to his famous British Heritage pix.