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Jefferson in Paris is a 1995 historical drama film, directed by James Ivory, and previously entitled Head and Heart. The screenplay, by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala , is a semi- fictional account of Thomas Jefferson 's tenure as the Ambassador of the United States to France before his presidency and of his alleged relationships with Italian-English ...
Thomas Jefferson lived in Paris from 1784 - 1789, assigned by the U.S. Congress to succeed Benjamin Franklin as an American Minister Plenipotentiary.
Apr 7, 1995 · The movie takes place in the mid-1780s, when Jefferson ( Nick Nolte ), author of the Declaration of Independence, replaced Benjamin Franklin as the representative of the new United States at the court of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. His wife is already dead.
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Polly (Estelle Eonnet) arrives in Paris with Jefferson's teenage slave and maidservant Sally Hemings (Thandy Newton). Nick Nolte performs a superb portrayal of Thomas Jefferson as a vibrant statesman and a passionate human being.
In Paris, he becomes smitten with cultured artist Maria Cosway (Greta Scacchi), but, when his daughter visits from Virginia accompanied by her attractive slave, Sally Hemings...
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- History, Drama
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Chronicles the time that Thomas Jefferson spent as the American Ambassador to France (1784-1789). These were significant years for him in his public and personal life, and fateful ones for France, where the revolution was about to break out. 580 IMDb 5.7 2 h 19 min 1995. X-Ray PG-13.
