Jefferson in Paris (1995)
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 NolteThomas Jefferson
Greta ScacchiMaria Cosway
Thandiwe NewtonSally Hemings
Gwyneth PaltrowPatsy Jefferson
Jean-Pierre AumontD'Hancarville
Simon CallowRichard Cosway
Seth GilliamJames Hemings
James Earl JonesMadison Hemings
Michael LonsdaleLouis XVI
Nancy MarchandMadame Abbesse
Charlotte de TurckheimMarie Antoinette
Lambert WilsonMarquis de Lafayette
Vincent CasselCamille Desmoulins
Steve KalfaDr. GuillotinJessica LloydJulia
