Drama Romance History
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.
Directed by
James Ivory
Written by
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Thandiwe Newton
Sally Hemings
Greta Scacchi
Maria Cosway
Gwyneth Paltrow
Patsy Jefferson
Nick Nolte
Thomas Jefferson
Vincent Cassel
Camille Desmoulins
James Earl Jones
Madison Hemings
Seth Gilliam
James Hemings
Simon Callow
Richard Cosway
William Moseley
George Washington de Lafayette
Lambert Wilson
Marquis de Lafayette
Michael Lonsdale
Louis XVI
Joanna Merlin
Vernon Dobtcheff
King's Translator
Nancy Marchand
Madame Abbesse
Elsa Zylberstein
Adrienne de Lafayette
Thibault de Montalembert
Assistant
Jean-Pierre Aumont
D'Hancarville
Nigel Whitmey
John Trumbull
Tim Choate
Reporter
Daniel Mesguich
Mesmer
Todd Boyce
William Short
Charlotte de Turckheim
Marie Antoinette
Beatrice Winde
Mary Hemings
Scott Thrun
Head and Heart Game
Steve Kalfa
Dr. Guillotin
Nicolas Silberg
Monsieur Petit
Jessica Lloyd
Julia

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