Jefferson in Paris

2h 19m 1995 Drama, Romance, History France, United States of America, United Kingdom

Budget: $14,000,000 Revenue: $2,474,000

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.

Director

James Ivory

Writer

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

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