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.
Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Director: James Ivory
Actors: Greta Scacchi, Gwyneth Paltrow, James Earl Jones, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Michael Lonsdale, Nancy Marchand, Nick Nolte, Seth Gilliam, Simon Callow, Thandiwe Newton