Jefferson in Paris
1995/03/31 (US) | Drama, Romance, History
A powerful man torn between his love for one woman and his secret desire for another.
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.
James Ivory
Director
Lead Cast
Nick Nolte
Thomas Jefferson
Greta Scacchi
Maria Cosway
Thandiwe Newton
Sally Hemings
Gwyneth Paltrow
Patsy Jefferson
Jean-Pierre Aumont
D'Hancarville
Simon Callow
Richard Cosway
Seth Gilliam
James Hemings
Budget
$ 14,000,000
Revenue
$ 2,474,000
Status
Released
Production Company
- Merchant Ivory Productions
- Touchstone Pictures
- Franco London Films
- Gaumont
Crews
Ismail Merchant
Producer
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Writer
Donald Rosenfeld
Executive Producer
Celestia Fox
Casting
Richard Robbins
Original Music Composer
Bernadette Saint Loubert
Set Decoration
John Bright
Costume Design