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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.
Theatrical
Mar 31, 1995
Box Office
$2.5M
Budget
$14.0M
Return
0.2x
DVD / Blu-ray
Apr 6, 2004
Director
Producers
Music
Studio
Merchant Ivory Productions, Touchstone Pictures
Quotes
See all →Reflections on Power and Ambition at Versailles
At Versailles
Damien Groëlle as ]
[[w:Dauphin of France|The Dauphin]
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Reflections of a British Ambassador
At Lafayette's
] as British Ambassador
[[w:Anthony Valentine|Anthony Valentine]
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →N
Nick Nolte
Thomas Jefferson
G
Greta Scacchi
Maria Cosway
T
Thandiwe Newton
Sally Hemings
G
Gwyneth Paltrow
Patsy Jefferson
J
Jean-Pierre Aumont
D'Hancarville
S
Simon Callow
Richard Cosway
S
Seth Gilliam
James Hemings
James Earl Jones
Madison Hemings
M
Michael Lonsdale
Louis XVI
N
Nancy Marchand
Madame Abbesse
C
Charlotte de Turckheim
Marie Antoinette
L
Lambert Wilson
Marquis de Lafayette
V
Vincent Cassel
Camille Desmoulins
S
Steve Kalfa
Dr. Guillotin
J
Jessica Lloyd
Julia
T
Todd Boyce
William Short
N
Nigel Whitmey
John Trumbull
N
Nicolas Silberg
Monsieur Petit
E
Elsa Zylberstein
Adrienne de Lafayette
W
William Moseley
George Washington de Lafayette
