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Cousin Bette

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Original title

Cousin Bette

Year

1998

Running time

108 min.

Country

United Kingdom

Director

Des McAnuff

Screenwriter

Lynn Siefert, Susan Tarr. Novel: Honoré de Balzac

Cast

Music

Simon Boswell

Cinematography

Andrzej Sekula

Producer

Co-production United Kingdom-United States;

Fox Searchlight

Genre

Drama | Costume Drama. 19th Century

Movie Groups

Honoré de Balzac Adaptations

Synopsis

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. But the aspiring artist soon finds love in the arms of another woman, Hortense, leaving Bette a bitter spinster. Bette plots to take revenge on the family who turned her away and stole her only love. With the help of famed courtesan Jenny Cadine she slowly destroys the lives of those who have scorned her

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Cousin Bette

1998

Des McAnuff

5.5

(261)