Jefferson in Paris

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 NolteThomas Jefferson

Greta ScacchiMaria Cosway

Thandiwe NewtonSally Hemings

Gwyneth PaltrowPatsy Jefferson

Jean-Pierre AumontD'Hancarville

Simon CallowRichard Cosway

Seth GilliamJames Hemings

James Earl JonesMadison Hemings

Michael LonsdaleLouis XVI

Nancy MarchandMadame Abbesse

Charlotte de TurckheimMarie Antoinette

Lambert WilsonMarquis de Lafayette

Vincent CasselCamille Desmoulins

Steve KalfaDr. Guillotin

Jessica LloydJulia