Movie Details

Title

Jefferson in Paris

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.

Runtime

2 h 19 min

Release Date

31 March 1995

Actors

Nick Nolte, Greta Scacchi, Thandie Newton, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Simon Callow, Seth Gilliam, James Earl Jones, Michael Lonsdale, Nancy Marchand, Charlotte de Turckheim, Lambert Wilson, Vincent Cassel, Steve Kalfa, Jessica Lloyd

Certification

PG-13

Genres

Drama, Romance

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