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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.
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Nick NolteThomas Jefferson -
Greta ScacchiMaria Cosway -
Thandiwe NewtonSally Hemings -
Gwyneth PaltrowPatsy Jefferson -
Jean-Pierre AumontD'Hancarville -
Simon CallowRichard Cosway -
Seth GilliamJames Hemings -
James Earl JonesMadison Hemings -
Michael LonsdaleLouis XVI -
Nancy MarchandMadame Abbesse -
Charlotte de TurckheimMarie Antoinette -
Lambert WilsonMarquis de Lafayette -
Vincent CasselCamille Desmoulins -
Steve KalfaDr. Guillotin -
Jessica LloydJulia -
Todd BoyceWilliam Short -
Nigel WhitmeyJohn Trumbull -
Nicolas SilbergMonsieur Petit -
Elsa ZylbersteinAdrienne de Lafayette -
William MoseleyGeorge Washington de Lafayette
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