Jessica Lange
Mlle. Elisabeth "Bette" Fisher
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Cousin Bette is a comedy-drama film starring Jessica Lange as a poor and vengeful spinster who manipulates a wealthy family. The film is loosely based on a novel by Honoré de Balzac and was released in 1998 by Fox Searchlight Pictures.
Jun 12, 1998 · A film adaptation of Balzac's novel about a spinster who schemes to marry a wealthy baron and ruin his family. Roger Ebert praises the social satire and the modern look and pace of the movie, starring Jessica Lange, Hugh Laurie and Elisabeth Shue.
Cousin Bette: Directed by Des McAnuff. With Geraldine Chaplin, John Benfield, Hugh Laurie, Jessica Lange. When her sister dies in 1846, Bette moves from the château to Paris to work as a theater seamstress. She helps a handsome, starving artist.
Cousin Bette: With Margaret Tyzack, Thorley Walters, Helen Mirren, Ursula Howells. A poor and homely spinster, who feels she's been walked on all her life, teams up with a scheming courtesan to wreak elaborate revenge on her rich and handsome relatives.
Cousin Bette is a poor and lonely seamstress, who, after the death of her prominent and wealthy sister, tries to ingratiate herself into lives of her brother-in-law, Baron Hulot, and her niece, Hortense Hulot.
Jun 12, 1998 · Cousin Bette is a poor and lonely seamstress, who, after the death of her prominent and wealthy sister, tries to ingratiate herself into lives of her brother-in-law, Baron Hulot, and her niece, Hortense Hulot.
In mid 19th century Paris, Bette Fisher (JESSICA LANGE) is an earthy, middle-aged, and decidedly bitter seamstress who's always lived in the shadow of her more beautiful cousin, Adeline Hulot (GERALDINE CHAPLIN). When Adeline dies, Bette hopes to take her place as the lady of the wealthy Hulot household.
Based on a novel by classical French author Balzac, COUSIN BETTE has been hailed as a comedy, but it is a dark comedy at best. The pain and suffering that results from lust-led choices is hardly funny. The supposedly comic duel that takes place between two friends over the affections of Jenny Cadine is frightening.
Cousin Bette Trailer 1998Director: Des McAnuffStarring: Bob Hoskins, Elisabeth Shue, Jessica Lange, Hugh Laurie, Kelly MacDonald, Official Content From Twen...
Lovelorn Bette (Jessica Lange) falls for an artist, Count Wenceslas Steinbach (Aden Young), but is enraged when the sculptor instead decides to pursue Bette's rival, Hortense Hulot...
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- Comedy, Drama
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