Jefferson in Paris (1995)
• March 31st, 1995 • 2h 19min
Drama, Romance, History
Overview
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.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Dreyfus
Released on: 1931-04-18
Drama, History
In 1894, French officer Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted for the treasonous acts of another man, ...
The Invisible Circus
Released on: 2001-02-23
Drama
After learning that her sister, Faith, has committed suicide in Portugal, Phoebe, an 18-year-old hip...
Andrei Rublev
Released on: 1966-12-16
Drama, History
An expansive Russian drama, this film focuses on the life of revered religious icon painter Andrei R...
Birdman of Alcatraz
Released on: 1962-07-04
Drama, Crime
After killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary confinement....
Cinderella Man
Released on: 2005-06-02
Romance, Drama, History
The true story of boxer Jim Braddock who, following his retirement in the 1930s, makes a surprise co...
The Great Love
Released on: 1942-06-12
Drama, Romance
The attractive Oberleutnant Paul Wendlandt is stationed in North Africa as a fighter pilot. While in...
Irreversible
Released on: 2002-05-22
Drama, Thriller, Crime
A woman’s lover and her ex-boyfriend take justice into their own hands after she becomes the victim ...
Genius
Released on: 2016-06-10
History, Drama
New York in the 1920s. Max Perkins, a literary editor is the first to sign such subsequent literary ...
Clara Immerwahr
Released on: 2014-05-28
Drama, History
Clara Immerwahr and her husband to be Fritz Haber are both young and gifted chemists. Their struggle...
Breathless
Released on: 1960-03-16
Drama, Crime
A small-time thief steals a car and impulsively murders a motorcycle policeman. Wanted by the author...
The Edukators
Released on: 2004-10-25
Drama, Comedy
Three activists cobble together a kidnapping plot after they encounter a businessman in his home.
Amadeus
Released on: 1984-09-19
History, Music, Drama
Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the...
The Science of Sleep
Released on: 2006-06-25
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
A man entranced by his dreams and imagination is lovestruck with a French woman and feels he can sho...
Monsieur Ibrahim
Released on: 2003-09-17
Drama
Paris, 1960s. Momo, a resolute and independent Jewish teenager who lives with his father, a sullen a...
Night on Earth
Released on: 1991-12-12
Comedy, Drama
A quintet of cabbies in five cities and their remarkable fares on the same eventful night.
The Devil Wears Prada
Released on: 2006-06-29
Drama, Comedy
Andy moves to New York to work in the fashion industry. Her boss is extremely demanding, cruel and w...
Chocolat
Released on: 2000-12-22
Comedy, Drama, Romance
A mother and daughter move to a small French town where they open a chocolate shop. The town, religi...
French Kiss
Released on: 1995-05-05
Comedy, Romance
After her fiancee admits to infidelity while on a business trip in France, a woman attempts to get h...
Capote
Released on: 2005-09-30
Crime, Drama
A biopic of writer Truman Capote and his assignment for The New Yorker to write the non-fiction book...
Animal Farm
Released on: 1999-10-03
Drama, Comedy
Animals on a farm lead a revolution against the farmers to put their destiny in their own hands. How...