Jefferson in Paris

Jefferson in Paris

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

1995•2h 19m•5.1/10

DramaRomanceHistory

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🎬TMDb

5.1/10(48)

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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Merchant Ivory Productions, Touchstone Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Cast

Nick Nolte

Nick Nolte

Thomas Jefferson

Greta Scacchi

Greta Scacchi

Maria Cosway

Thandiwe Newton

Thandiwe Newton

Sally Hemings

Gwyneth Paltrow

Gwyneth Paltrow

Patsy Jefferson

Jean-Pierre Aumont

Jean-Pierre Aumont

D'Hancarville

Simon Callow

Simon Callow

Richard Cosway

Seth Gilliam

Seth Gilliam

James Hemings

James Earl Jones

James Earl Jones

Madison Hemings

Michael Lonsdale

Michael Lonsdale

Louis XVI

Nancy Marchand

Nancy Marchand

Madame Abbesse

Charlotte de Turckheim

Charlotte de Turckheim

Marie Antoinette

Lambert Wilson

Lambert Wilson

Marquis de Lafayette

Vincent Cassel

Vincent Cassel

Camille Desmoulins

Steve Kalfa

Steve Kalfa

Dr. Guillotin

Jessica Lloyd

Julia

Todd Boyce

Todd Boyce

William Short

Nigel Whitmey

Nigel Whitmey

John Trumbull

Nicolas Silberg

Nicolas Silberg

Monsieur Petit

Elsa Zylberstein

Elsa Zylberstein

Adrienne de Lafayette

William Moseley

William Moseley

George Washington de Lafayette

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