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Jefferson in Paris

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

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.

Top 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

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.

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