Jessica Lange
Mlle. Elisabeth "Bette" Fisher
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108 minutes. Countries. United Kingdom. United States. Box office. $1,161,063. Cousin Bette is a 1998 British–American comedy-drama film starring Jessica Lange in the title role and is loosely based on the novel of the same name by the French author Honoré de Balzac. [1]
Jun 12, 1998 · 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.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Des McAnuff
- 1998-06-12
Jun 12, 1998 · Refusing the humiliating post, Bette returns to her shabby hotel on one of the jumbled back streets of Paris, circa 1846, where the population consists mostly of desperate prostitutes, starving artists and concierges with arms like hams. Bette is not a woman it is safe to offend.
Nov 30, 2014 · Cousin Bette Trailer 1998Director: Des McAnuffStarring: Bob Hoskins, Elisabeth Shue, Jessica Lange, Hugh Laurie, Kelly MacDonald, Official Content From Twen...
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Margaret Tyzack played the role of Bette in the five part serial Cousin Bette made in 1971 by the BBC, which also starred Helen Mirren as Valérie Marneffe. The film Cousin Bette was released in 1998, directed by Des McAnuff. Jessica Lange starred in the title role, joined by Bob Hoskins as Crevel, and Elisabeth Shue as the singer Jenny Cadine ...
- HonorÃe de Balzac
- 1846
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. Failing to do so, she instead finds solace and company in a handsome young sculptor she saves from starvation.
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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 (Kelly Macdonald).
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