Jefferson in Paris

Jefferson in Paris by James Ivory

5.20

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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Cast

Nick Nolte

Nick Nolte as Thomas Jefferson

Greta Scacchi

Greta Scacchi as Maria Cosway

Thandiwe Newton

Thandiwe Newton as Sally Hemings

Gwyneth Paltrow

Gwyneth Paltrow as Patsy Jefferson

Jean-Pierre Aumont

Jean-Pierre Aumont as D'Hancarville

Simon Callow

Simon Callow as Richard Cosway

Seth Gilliam

Seth Gilliam as James Hemings

James Earl Jones

James Earl Jones as Madison Hemings

Michael Lonsdale

Michael Lonsdale as Louis XVI

Nancy Marchand

Nancy Marchand as Madame Abbesse

Charlotte de Turckheim

Charlotte de Turckheim as Marie Antoinette

Lambert Wilson

Lambert Wilson as Marquis de Lafayette

Vincent Cassel

Vincent Cassel as Camille Desmoulins

Steve Kalfa

Steve Kalfa as Dr. Guillotin

Jessica Lloyd

Jessica Lloyd as Julia

Todd Boyce

Todd Boyce as William Short

Nigel Whitmey

Nigel Whitmey as John Trumbull

Nicolas Silberg

Nicolas Silberg as Monsieur Petit

Elsa Zylberstein

Elsa Zylberstein as Adrienne de Lafayette

William Moseley

William Moseley as George Washington de Lafayette

Vernon Dobtcheff

Vernon Dobtcheff as King's Translator

Daniel Mesguich

Daniel Mesguich as Mesmer

Thibault de Montalembert

Thibault de Montalembert as Assistant

Beatrice Winde

Beatrice Winde as Mary Hemings

Tim Choate

Tim Choate as Reporter

Ismail Merchant

Ismail Merchant as Royal Indian Man

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