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Actors: Nick Nolte, Gwyneth Paltrow, Greta Scacchi, Thandie Newton, Estele Eonnet, Simon Callow
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Jefferson In Paris |
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This is the story of the future second American president during the time he spent as representative from America to the King of France during the 1780's. Thomas Jefferson (Nolte) has big shoes to fill following the service of Dr. Franklin in the French capital and the court of Louis VI. Jefferson is a widower and takes his oldest daughter Patsy (Paltrow) with him to Paris. When a younger daughter becomes ill back home in Virginia, Jefferson sends for his daughter Polly (Eonnet). She arrives with servant Sally Hemmings (Newton) to help run the household and be close to Mr. Jefferson's affections since he has decided to renege on his offer to wed Maria Cosway (Scacchi) after she departs for England. She is inconveniently the wife of a British artist and homosexual.
Times are tumultuous in Paris at this time with events foreboding the onset of the revolution to come. Patsy is horrified by the lavish lifestyle at the French court and seeks only to join a convent to serve God. She is further unwound by the news that Sally is pregnant with her stepsister. Throughout the film Jefferson attends to business of a diplomatic nature fueling the growing yearnings for democracy in a France that has run out of patience with it's uncaring and despotic monarchy. It is his attention to personal matters that is dramatized on the screen and his illicit relationship with Sally Hemmings. He vows to grant freedom to Sally, her unborn baby, and her brother James upon their return to Virginia.
--David Fletcher, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Jefferson In Paris |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 18th century
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- politician
Lover is...
- of another race (interracial loving!)
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- politician/elected ruler
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
Hair color?
- red
Hair type
- (man) long girliemon hair
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- caring
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Body type
- (woman) very skinny
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- none
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
City?
Yes
City:
- Paris
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- challenged
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
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