Jefferson in Paris
1995, Film, 139 min, Biography, Drama, History, English, United States, MoviePedia score 59
A powerful man torn between his love for one woman and his secret desire for another.
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.
Directed by James Ivory
Cast
- Nick Nolte as Thomas Jefferson
- Greta Scacchi as Maria Cosway
- Gwyneth Paltrow as Patsy Jefferson
- Estelle Eonnet as Polly Jefferson
- Thandiwe Newton as Sally Hemings
- Seth Gilliam as James Hemings
- Todd Boyce as William Short
- Nigel Whitmey as John Trumbull
- Nicolas Silberg as Monsieur Petit
- Catherine Samie as Cook
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