Jefferson in Paris (Jefferson in Paris)

A powerful man torn between his love for one woman and his secret desire for another.

Release Date:	1995-03-31
Runtime:	139 min
Status:	Released
Genres:	Drama, Romance, History
Production:	Merchant Ivory Productions, Touchstone Pictures, Franco London Films, Gaumont

Overview

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.