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Jefferson in Paris - James Ivory

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Directed by: 
James Ivory
Screenplay by: 
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Produced by: 
Ismail Merchant
Humbert Balsan
Paul Bradley
Donald Rosenfeld
Release year: 
1995
Country: 
France
United States of America
United Kingdom
Runtime: 
139min
Genre: 
Costume drama
Political drama
Historical period drama
Romance Film
Historical fiction
Biographical film
Drama
Music by: 
Richard Robbins
Antonio Sacchini
William Christie
Subjects: 
Sally Hemings
Plot: 
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.
Cast: 
Nick Nolte
as
Thomas Jefferson
Greta Scacchi
as
Maria Cosway
Jean-Pierre Aumont
as
D'Hancarville
Simon Callow
as
Richard Cosway
Seth Gilliam
as
James Hemings
James Earl Jones
as
Madison Hemings
Michael Lonsdale
as
Louis XVI of France
Nancy Marchand
as
Madame Abbesse
Thandie Newton
as
Sally Hemings
Gwyneth Paltrow
as
Patsy Jefferson
Charlotte de Turckheim
as
Marie Antoinette
Lambert Wilson
as
Marquis de Lafayette
Elsa Zylberstein
as
Adrienne de Lafayette
Vernon Dobtcheff
as
King's Translator
Estelle Eonnet
as
Polly Jefferson
Nigel Whitmey
as
John Trumbull
Todd Boyce
as
William Short
Nicolas Silberg
as
Monsieur Petit
Catherine Samie
as
Cook
Lionel Robert
as
Cook's Helper
Stanislas Carre de Malberg
as
Surgeon #1
Jean Rupert
as
Surgeon #2
Yvette Petit
as
Dressmaker
Paolo Mantini
as
Hairdresser
Frédéric van den Driessche
as
Mutilated Officer #1
Humbert Balsan
as
Mutilated Officer #2
Nichel Rois
as
Mutilated Officer #3
Bob Sessions
as
James Byrd
Jeffrey Ribier
as
Mulatto Boy
Marc Tissot
as
Construction Foreman
William Moseley
as
George Washington de Lafayette
Christopher Thompson
as
Interpreter
Jean-François Perrier
as
Liberal Aristocrat #1
Éric Génovèse
as
Liberal Aristocrat #2
Bruno Putzulu
as
Liberal Aristocrat #3
(
Figaro
)
Philippe Mareuil
as
Liberal Aristocrat #4
Philippe Bouclet
as
Liberal Aristocrat #5
David Gasman
as
Liberal Aristocrat #6
Olivier Galfione
as
Chevalier de Saint-Colombe
Anthony Valentine
as
British Ambassador
Steve Kalfa
as
Dr. Guillotin
André Julien
as
Savant #1
Jacques Herlin
as
Savant #2
Elisabeth Kaza
as
Card Player #1
Marie-Laurence
as
Card Player #2
Agathe de La Boulaye
as
Card Player #3
Abdel Bouthegmes
as
Lafayette's Indian
Damien Groelle
as
The Dauphin
Louise Balsan
as
Madame Royal
Valérie Tolédano
as
Madame Elizabeth
Mathilde Vitry
as
Lady of the Court #1
Catherine Chevalier
as
Lady of the Court #2
Laure Killing
as
Lady of the Court #3
Béatrice Jaud
as
Lady of the Court #4
Félix Malinbaum
as
Captain of the Guard
Hervé Hiolle
as
King's Messenger
Estelle Brac
as
Barbeville
Bénédicte Sire
as
Madame de Fontenay
Anne Deleuze
as
Madame D'Antremont
Christian Vurpillot
as
Archbishop
Alain Richard
as
Grand Chamberlain
Philippe Girard
as
Post Office Spy #1
Eric Berg
as
Post Office Spy #2
Jessica Lloyd
as
Julia
Olivia Bonamy
as
Schoolgirl #1
Sarah Mesguich
as
Schoolgirl #2
Virginie Desarnauts
as
Schoolgirl #3
Silvie Laguna
as
Nun #1
Sandrine Piau
as
Singer #1
Sophie Daneman
as
Singer #2
Denis Fouqueray
as
Bishop
Annie Didion
as
Crazed Nurse
Sylvia Bergé
as
Head and Heart Game #1
Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu
as
Head and Heart Game #2
Martine Sarcey
as
Head and Heart Game #3
Céline Samie
as
Head and Heart Game #4
(
Rosina
)
Jean-Marie Lhomme
as
Head and Heart Game #5
Florence Mako
as
Head and Heart Game #6
Luke Pontifell
as
Head and Heart Game #7
Scott Thrun
as
Head and Heart Game #8
Daniel Mesguich
as
Franz Mesmer
Yan Duffas
as
Assistant #1
Thibault de Montalembert
as
Assistant #2
Magali Leiris
as
Patient #1
Valentine Varela
as
Patient #2
Gabrielle Islwyn
as
Singer with Megaphone
William Christie
as
Conductor
Jean-Paul Fouchécourt
as
Dardanus
Ismail Merchant
as
Tipoo Sultan's Ambassador
Martine Chevallier
as
Mademoiselle Contat
Valerie Lang
as
Demented Woman
Françoise Denieau
as
Dancer #1
Anne-Marie Gardette
as
Dancer #2
Sophie Jacquemin
as
Dancer #3
Caroline Pingault
as
Dancer #4
Natalie Van Parys
as
Dancer #5
Serge Ambert
as
Dancer #6
George Keraghel
as
Dancer #7
Arnaud Loison
as
Dancer #8
Nicolas N'Guyen
as
Dancer #9

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