Jefferson in Paris 1995

Name: Jefferson in Paris
Released: 1995-03-31
Cast: Nick Nolte, Greta Scacchi, Thandiwe Newton, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jean-Pierre Aumont

Synopsis:

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.

Directed by:	James Ivory
Written by:	Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Release date:	1995-03-31
Runtime:	139 minutes
Critics score:	33 / 100
Tagline:	A powerful man torn between his love for one woman and his secret desire for another.