Jefferson à Paris

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Nick Nolte, Greta Scacchi, and Thandiwe Newton in Jefferson à Paris (1995)

Widower Thomas Jefferson (3rd US president 1801-09) lives in Paris 1785-90 with his daughter. He has a pretty slave girl accompany his other daughter to France. He has an alleged affair with her resulting in children.

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Le veuf Thomas Jefferson (3e président des États-Unis en 1801-09) vit à Paris en 1785-90 avec sa fille. Il fait accompagner son autre fille en France par une jolie esclave. Il a une liaison ... Tout lireLe veuf Thomas Jefferson (3e président des États-Unis en 1801-09) vit à Paris en 1785-90 avec sa fille. Il fait accompagner son autre fille en France par une jolie esclave. Il a une liaison présumée avec elle qui lui donne des enfants.Le veuf Thomas Jefferson (3e président des États-Unis en 1801-09) vit à Paris en 1785-90 avec sa fille. Il fait accompagner son autre fille en France par une jolie esclave. Il a une liaison présumée avec elle qui lui donne des enfants.

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- 2 nominations au total

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The film accepts at face value the 1873 statement by Madison Hemings ( James Earl Jones ) that he and the other five children of Sally Hemings were all fathered by Thomas Jefferson. At the time this film was released this assertion was much more controversial than it became later. Three years after this film was released, extensive DNA testing on Sally Hemings's many descendants strongly confirmed that Jefferson was almost certainly the father of all six. (The tests were done in 1998-1999, and the results published in 2000.) As of 2022, the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, which is in charge of Jefferson's historical estate in Monticello, accepts the findings (and includes extensive information about the Hemings family and Jefferson as a slave-owner on both the tour and their website), while the Thomas Jefferson Heritage Society (founded shortly after the DNA study) disputes the conclusions.

Gaffes
Thomas buys items from Parisian merchants who use the metric system of measure over a decade before the adoption of metric units in France.

Citations
Maria Cosway: That's how it is here. People play at love. It's not serious. It is different in Italy. There, we kill for it!

Connexions
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: Rob Roy/Tommy Boy/Jefferson in Paris/Bulletproof Heart/Priest (1995)

Bandes originales
VIOLIN SONATA La Follia, OPUS 5, No. 12
Music by Arcangelo Corelli
Performed by Hiro Kurosaki (violin), Emmanuel Balssa (cello) and William Christie (clavecin) (uncredited)

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Watch this film!

I watched this movie last night. Unbelievably, Channel 4 (tv channel here in the UK) scheduled it at 2.15am - right in the middle of the night! Who on earth is likely to watch it at that time? I just hope some people decided to record it & watch it later.

I think its a great film. I couldn't stop watching it. It gives you an insight into Thomas Jefferson and his personal life, and into the French society of the time. The film is also visually great.

But, as with any movie, it has its flaws. My main criticism is that it was too much like an historical documentary. It didn't have the courage to speculate more about the relationship between Jefferson and Sally (the black slave girl). Jefferson must - in real life - have displayed more emotion with the slave girl than is depicted in this film, especially behind closed doors. Yet we don't see it. We see Jefferson being more affectionate with his daughter (Jefferson hugs her at one point in the film), than with Sally the slave girl, and yet he is supposed to have been passionately involved with Sally & fathered her children. Therefore it has a documentary feel to it, without any fictional element, which leaves the viewer somewhat detached & disconnected.

But credit to the maker's for tackling the subject, and it's certainly made me interested in learning more about the man.