Jefferson in Paris

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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.

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Director

James Ivory

Director

Cast

Nick Nolte

Thomas Jefferson

Greta Scacchi

Maria Cosway

Thandiwe Newton

Sally Hemings

Gwyneth Paltrow

Patsy Jefferson

Jean-Pierre Aumont

D'Hancarville

Simon Callow

Richard Cosway

Seth Gilliam

James Hemings

James Earl Jones

Madison Hemings

Michael Lonsdale

Louis XVI

Nancy Marchand

Madame Abbesse

Charlotte de Turckheim

Marie Antoinette

Lambert Wilson

Marquis de Lafayette

Vincent Cassel

Camille Desmoulins

Steve Kalfa

Dr. Guillotin

Jessica Lloyd

Julia

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