Cousin Bette Summary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Des McAnuff
Genres: Comedy Drama
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Acclaimed theater director Des McAnuff made his feature-film directorial debut with this period comedy-drama adapted from Honore de Balzac's novel La Cousine Bette (1846) about a jealous and bitter spinster who attempts to destroy the romance between her niece and a Polish sculptor. In Paris of the 1840s, spinster Bette Fisher (Jessica_Lange) steps in to "take care" of her relatives after a decline in the Hulot family fortunes, mainly due to wastrel Hector Hulot (Hugh_Laurie). After penniless sculptor Wenceslas Steinbach (Aden_Young) marries Hector's daughter, Hortense (Kelly_Macdonald), Bette schemes and plots, drawing Hector's mistress, music-hall star Jenny Cadine (Elisabeth_Shue), into her web by arranging for wealthy Cesar Crevel (Bob_Hoskins) to become Jenny's benefactor. Filmed at locations in and around Bordeaux. Shown at the 1998 Seattle Film Festival. Bhob Stewart, Rovi
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