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.
Cast
Nick Nolte
Thomas Jefferson
Greta Scacchi
Maria Cosway
Thandiwe Newton
Sally Hemings
Gwyneth Paltrow
Patsy Jefferson
Jean-Pierre Aumont
D'Hancarville
Simon Callow
Richard Cosway
Seth Gilliam
James Hemings
James Earl Jones
Madison Hemings
Michael Lonsdale
Louis XVI
Nancy Marchand
Madame Abbesse
Charlotte de Turckheim
Marie Antoinette
Lambert Wilson
Marquis de Lafayette
Vincent Cassel
Camille Desmoulins
Steve Kalfa
Dr. Guillotin
Jessica Lloyd
Julia
Todd Boyce
William Short
Nigel Whitmey
John Trumbull
Nicolas Silberg
Monsieur Petit
Elsa Zylberstein
Adrienne de Lafayette
William Moseley
George Washington de Lafayette
Vernon Dobtcheff
King's Translator
Daniel Mesguich
Mesmer
Thibault de Montalembert
Assistant
Beatrice Winde
Mary Hemings
Tim Choate
Reporter
Ismail Merchant
Royal Indian Man
Scott Thrun
Head and Heart Game
Crew
James Ivory
Director
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Writer
Andrew Marcus
Editor
Isabelle Lorente
Editor
Pierre Lhomme
Director of Photography
Donald Rosenfeld
Executive Producer
Paul Bradley
Executive Producer
Ismail Merchant
Producer
Humbert Balsan
Co-Producer
Guy-Claude François
Production Design
Sylvie Brocheré
Casting
Celestia Fox
Casting
Joanna Merlin
Casting
Jenny Beavan
Costume Design
John Bright
Costume Design
Marie-France Thibault
Hairstylist
Evelyne Byot
Makeup Department Head
Anne-Marie Demeur
Makeup Artist
Bernard Floch
Makeup Artist
Lydia Pujols
Makeup Artist
Carol Hemming
Makeup Artist
François Groult
Sound
Richard Robbins
Original Music Composer
Bernadette Saint Loubert
Set Decoration
Thierry François
Art Direction
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