Jefferson in Paris

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1995-03-31

Languages:

English, French

Countries:

France, USA

Runtime:

139 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.7 (2353 Reviews)

Director:

James Ivory

Genres:

Biography Drama History

Cast:

Nick Nolte Gwyneth Paltrow Estelle Eonnet Thandie Newton

Writer:

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Fullplot:

One of the obsessive speculations in American history is whether Thomas Jefferson, in the years before he became president, had an affair with (and fathered a child with) his 15-year-old slave Sally Hemings. JEFFERSON IN PARIS follows Jefferson to France (as the U.S. ambassador to the court of Louis XVI), following the death of his wife his friendships and flirtations with the French, his relationship with his daughters and slaves from home (especially Sally), against the backdrop of the beginning of the French Revolution.

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