Jefferson in Paris
1995 · 139 min
Directed by James Ivory. Written by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. Starring Nick Nolte, Greta Scacchi, Thandiwe Newton, Gwyneth Paltrow.
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.
Critics 36% · audiences 36% · streaming on Hoopla