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Cousin Bette| Director: | Des McAnuff | | Writers: | Lynn Siefert and Susan Tarr | | Director of Photography: | Andrzej Sekula | | Editor: | Barry Brown | | Music: | Simon Boswell | | Production Designer: | Hugo Luczyc-Wyhowski | | Producers: | Sarah Radclyffe and Philippe Guez | | Fox Searchlight Pictures; R; 112 minutes | | Release: | 6/98 | | Cast: | Jessica Lange, Elisabeth Shue, Bob Hoskins, Hugh Laurie, Aden Young, Kelly Macdonald and Geraldine Chaplin | | Based on the novel by Honoré de Balzac |
Jessica Lange plays Bette, a bitter Parisian spinster who seeks revenge on her snobbish relatives for treating her like a servant. To assist her in her schemes, she enlists a sculptor named Wenceslas (Young) and the two attempt to wreak havoc in various social circles. Based on the rather dense 19th century novel by Balzac, there are a host of minor characters and plot lines, all meant to be mischievous and erotic. But Lange, Young and Shue (who plays a high-class courtesan) spoil the mood with one too many decidedly unsexy displays of histrionics.
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