Jefferson in Paris

03/31/1995

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2hrs 19min

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Drama

,Romance

,History

A powerful man torn between his love for one woman and his secret desire for another.

STORY

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 & CREW

    Cast

  • Nick Nolte
  • Greta Scacchi
  • Thandiwe Newton
  • Gwyneth Paltrow
  • Jean-Pierre Aumont

    Director

  • James Ivory

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Merchant Ivory Productions
  • Touchstone Pictures
  • Franco London Films
  • Gaumont

    Production Countries

  • France
  • United States of America
  • United Kingdom

LANGUAGES

  • English

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