Jefferson in Paris
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Jefferson in Paris

1995
Drama, History, Romance | 31 March 1995
Nick Nolte, Greta Scacchi, Thandiwe Newton
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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