Jefferson in Paris

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Jefferson in Paris is a 1995 historical drama film, directed by James Ivory, and previously entitled Head and Heart. The screenplay, by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, is a semi-fictional account of Thomas Jefferson's tenure as the Ambassador of the United States to France before his presidency and of his relationships with Italian-English artist Maria Cosway and his slave, Sally Hemings. The film was critically and commercially unsuccessful, grossing $5.9 million on a $14 million budget.

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