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Jefferson in Paris
"A powerful man torn between his love for one woman and his secret desire for another."
1995 • 2h 19m • ★ 5.0 (45 votes) Released
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
Rating
5.0
Runtime
139 min
Budget
$14.0M
Revenue
$2.5M
Profit/Loss
-11.5M
Production
Merchant Ivory Productions
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Keywords
ambassadorfranceparis, francerevolutionbiographyversaillespresident18th centurythomas jefferson
