Jefferson in Paris

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Nick Nolte Thomas Jefferson

Greta Scacchi Maria Cosway

Thandiwe Newton Sally Hemings

Gwyneth Paltrow Patsy Jefferson

Jean-Pierre Aumont D'Hancarville