Jefferson in Paris (1995)
"A powerful man torn between his love for one woman and his secret desire for another."
 
    Title: Jefferson in Paris
Original Title: Jefferson in Paris
Release Date: 1995-03-31
Status: Released
Rating: 5.034/10 (from 44 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Drama, Romance, History
Production Companies: Merchant Ivory Productions, Touchstone Pictures, Franco London Films, Gaumont
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
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
 
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
             
            