Jefferson in Paris 1995

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.

Cast

Nick Nolte

Greta Scacchi

Thandiwe Newton

Gwyneth Paltrow

Jean-Pierre Aumont

Simon Callow

Seth Gilliam

James Earl Jones

Michael Lonsdale

Nancy Marchand

Charlotte de Turckheim

Lambert Wilson

Vincent Cassel

Steve Kalfa

Jessica Lloyd

Todd Boyce

Nigel Whitmey

Nicolas Silberg

Elsa Zylberstein

William Moseley

Vernon Dobtcheff

Daniel Mesguich

Thibault de Montalembert

Beatrice Winde

Tim Choate

Ismail Merchant