Jefferson in Paris
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.
Released: 1995
Casts:
Greta Scacchi, Simon Callow, Michael Lonsdale, Charlotte de Turckheim, William Moseley, Todd Boyce, Elsa Zylberstein, Nancy Marchand, Thibault de Montalembert, Tim Choate, Gwyneth Paltrow, Seth Gilliam, Nigel Whitmey, Beatrice Winde, Daniel Mesguich, Lambert Wilson, James Earl Jones, Vincent Cassel, Nicolas Silberg, Vernon Dobtcheff, Nick Nolte, Thandie Newton, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Steve Kalfa, Jessica Lloyd