Jefferson in Paris
A powerful man torn between his love for one woman and his secret desire for another.
Directed by James Ivory
Produced by Merchant Ivory Productions, Touchstone Pictures
A historical romance exploring Thomas Jefferson's emotional entanglements in pre-revolutionary Paris, set against the backdrop of aristocratic excess and social upheaval.
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.
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