Jefferson in Paris (1995)
A powerful man torn between his love for one woman and his secret desire for another.
1995 · PG-13 · 2h 19m · Drama, Romance, History
Genres: Drama, Romance, History
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.
Director: James Ivory
Writers: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Music by: Richard Robbins
Cinematography: Pierre Lhomme
Editor: Andrew Marcus, Isabelle Lorente
Box office: $2M · Budget: $14M
Cast
Nick Nolte as Thomas JeffersonGreta Scacchi as Maria CoswayThandiwe Newton as Sally HemingsGwyneth Paltrow as Patsy JeffersonJean-Pierre Aumont as D'HancarvilleSimon Callow as Richard CoswaySeth Gilliam as James HemingsJames Earl Jones as Madison HemingsMichael Lonsdale as Louis XVINancy Marchand as Madame AbbesseCharlotte de Turckheim as Marie AntoinetteLambert Wilson as Marquis de LafayetteMore like this
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