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.
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Cast
27 people
Nick Nolte
Thomas Jefferson
Known for
Cape Fear
The Thin Red Line
Greta Scacchi
Maria Cosway
Known for
The Odyssey
Bodies
Thandiwe Newton
Sally Hemings
Known for
Westworld
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Gwyneth Paltrow
Patsy Jefferson
Known for
Iron Man 3
Se7en
Jean-Pierre Aumont
D'Hancarville
Known for
Day for Night
The Two Missionaries
Simon Callow
Richard Cosway
Known for
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
Amadeus
Seth Gilliam
James Hemings
Known for
The Walking Dead
Teen Wolf
James Earl Jones
Madison Hemings
Known for
Obi-Wan Kenobi
The Lion King
Michael Lonsdale
Louis XVI
Known for
Moonraker
The Name of the Rose
Nancy Marchand
Madame Abbesse
Known for
The Sopranos
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
Charlotte de Turckheim
Marie Antoinette
Known for
La Croisière
Les Sous-Doués En Vacances
Lambert Wilson
Marquis de Lafayette
Known for
Catwoman
Babylon A.D.
James Ivory Director · Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Writer Richard Robbins Composer
Worldwide gross $2.5M · Budget $14M · United States release March 31, 1995
Box office
Budget
$14,000,000
Worldwide gross
$2,474,000
Gross vs. budget
0.2×
Production
Merchant Ivory Productions
Production
Touchstone Pictures
Production · Studio
France · United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · March 31, 1995
Theatrical
Czechia
May 1, 1996 · Physical
Italy
May 19, 1995 · Theatrical
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