This fictionalized story, based on the family life of writer James Jones, is an emotional slice-of-life story. Jones is portrayed here portrayed 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.
| Directing | James Ivory | Director |
| Writing | James Ivory | Screenplay |
| Sound | Richard Robbins | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Kaylie Jones | Novel |
| Writing | Ruth Prawer Jhabvala | Screenplay |
| Production | Ismail Merchant | Producer |
| Production | Richard Hawley | Executive Producer |
| Production | Sharon Harel-Cohen | Co-Executive Producer |
| Production | Nayeem Hafizka | Executive Producer |
| Production | Paul Bradley | Co-Producer |
| Production | Jane Barclay | Co-Executive Producer |
| Camera | Jean-Marc Fabre | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Noëlle Boisson | Editor |
| Production | Tricia Tomey | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Carol Ramsey | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Thomas Nellen | Key Hair Stylist |
| Art | Jacques Bufnoir | Production Design |
| Art | James Edward Ferrell Jr. | Set Decoration |
| Art | Pat Garner | Production Design |
| Art | Per-Olof Renard | Art Direction |
| Art | Linwood Taylor | Art Direction |
| Sound | Tim Cavagin | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Mark DeSimone | ADR Mixer |
| Sound | Ludovic Hénault | Sound |
