Jefferson in Paris
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- Runtime
- 139 mins
His wife having recently died, Thomas Jefferson accepts the post of United States ambassador to pre-revolutionary France, though he finds it difficult to adjust to life in a country where the aristocracy subjugates an increasingly restless peasantry. In Paris, he becomes smitten with cultured artist Maria Cosway, but, when his daughter visits from Virginia accompanied by her attractive slave, Sally Hemings, Jefferson's attentions are diverted.
His wife having recently died, Thomas Jefferson accepts the post of United States ambassador to pre-revolutionary France, though he finds it difficult to adjust to life in a country where the aristocracy subjugates an increasingly restless peasantry. In Paris, he becomes smitten with cultured artist Maria Cosway, but, when his daughter visits from Virginia accompanied by her attractive slave, Sally Hemings, Jefferson's attentions are diverted.
Cast
- Nick Nolte
- Greta Scacchi
- Thandiwe Newton
- Gwyneth Paltrow
- Jean-Pierre Aumont
- Simon Callow
- Seth Gilliam
- James Earl Jones
- Michael Lonsdale
- Nancy Marchand
- Charlotte de Turckheim
- Lambert Wilson
- Vincent Cassel
- Steve Kalfa
- Jessica Lloyd
- Todd Boyce
- Nigel Whitmey
- Nicolas Silberg
- Elsa Zylberstein
- William Moseley
- Vernon Dobtcheff
- Daniel Mesguich
- Thibault de Montalembert
- Beatrice Winde
- Tim Choate
- Ismail Merchant
Director
- James Ivory
Producers
- Ismail Merchant
