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Release Date:
March 31, 1995
Original Title:
Jefferson in Paris
Alternate Titles:
Jefferson en París
Jefferson à Paris
Джеферсън в Париж
Genres:
Drama | History | Romance
Production Companies:
Franco London Films
Merchant Ivory Productions
Touchstone Pictures
Production Countries:
France | United Kingdom | United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
US: PG-13
Runtime: 139
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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Art Direction:
Thierry François
Casting:
Sylvie Brocheré
Celestia Fox
Joanna Merlin
Co-Producer:
Humbert Balsan
Costume Design:
Jenny Beavan
John Bright
Director:
James Ivory
Director of Photography:
Pierre Lhomme
Editor:
Isabelle Lorente
Andrew Marcus
Executive Producer:
Donald Rosenfeld
Paul Bradley
Original Music Composer:
Richard Robbins
Producer:
Ismail Merchant
Production Design:
Guy-Claude François
Set Decoration:
Bernadette Saint Loubert
Writer:
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
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