Cousin Bette (1998)

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Synopsis
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, All Movie Guide

Production Crew

Didier Naert	Art Director
Neris Thomas	Associate Producer
Rodney Liber	Associate Producer
Honoré de Balzac	Book Author
Karen Margiotta	Casting
Liora Reich	Casting
Mary Margiotta	Casting
Jane Gibson	Choreography
Andrzej Sekula	Cinematographer
Philippe Guez	Co-producer
Simon Boswell	Composer (Music Score)
Gabriella Pescucci	Costume Designer
Des McAnuff	Director
Barry Alexander Brown	Editor
Tariq Anwar	Editor
Lynn Siefert	Executive Producer
Rob Scheidlinger	Executive Producer
Susan Tarr	Executive Producer
Eric Bartonio	First Assistant Director
Sarah Radclyffe	Producer
Hugo Luczyc-Wyhowski	Production Designer
Lynn Siefert	Screenwriter
Susan Tarr	Screenwriter
Robert Le Corre	Set Designer
Drew Kunin	Sound/Sound Designer

Genre
Comedy Drama

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Geraldine Chaplin	Adeline Hulot
Bob Hoskins	Cesar Crevel
Jessica Lange	Bette Fisher
Hugh Laurie	Baron Hector Hulot
John Sessions	Musical Director
Elisabeth Shue	Jenny Cadine
Aden Young	Count Wenceslas Steinbach
Kelly MacDonald	Hortense Hulot
Toby Stephens	Victorin Hulot

Cousin Bette (1998)

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