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.
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.
Top Cast
Nick Nolte
Character: Thomas Jefferson
Greta Scacchi
Character: Maria Cosway
Thandiwe Newton
Character: Sally Hemings
Gwyneth Paltrow
Character: Patsy Jefferson
Jean-Pierre Aumont
Character: D'Hancarville
Simon Callow
Character: Richard Cosway
Seth Gilliam
Character: James Hemings
James Earl Jones
Character: Madison Hemings
Michael Lonsdale
Character: Louis XVI
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