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Jefferson in Paris (1995)

Jefferson in Paris (1995)

Drama Romance History

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

Release Date: 1995, March 31
Directors: James Ivory
Countries: France
Production: Merchant Ivory Productions, Merchant Ivory Productions
Cast: Nick Nolte, Thandiwe Newton, Gwyneth Paltrow, Vincent Cassel, James Earl Jones, Todd Boyce, William Moseley, Nigel Whitmey, Lambert Wilson, Scott Thrun, Vernon Dobtcheff, Tim Choate

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

biography 18th century paris, france france president ambassador revolution versailles thomas jefferson