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Jefferson in Paris (1995)

PG-13 ★ 5.0/10 139 min Drama, Romance, History France English
Director: James Ivory
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A powerful man torn between his love for one woman and his secret desire for another.

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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.

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Nick Nolte
Nick Nolte Thomas Jefferson
Greta Scacchi
Greta Scacchi Maria Cosway
Thandiwe Newton
Thandiwe Newton Sally Hemings
Gwyneth Paltrow
Gwyneth Paltrow Patsy Jefferson
Jean-Pierre Aumont
Jean-Pierre Aumont D'Hancarville
Simon Callow
Simon Callow Richard Cosway
Seth Gilliam
Seth Gilliam James Hemings
James Earl Jones
James Earl Jones Madison Hemings

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