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Cousin Bette

About a jealous and a bitter spinster, in Paris of 1840 who attempts to destroy the romance between her niece and a Polish sculptor. Shows family interaction.

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  • "About a jealous and a bitter spinster, in Paris of 1840 who attempts to destroy the romance between her niece and a Polish sculptor. Shows family interaction."@en
  • "A poor and lonely seamstress slowly destroys the lives of those who have scorned her."@en
  • "Sin demasiada fortuna en el amor la prima Bette es la segundona de la familia Hulot, siempre por detrás de la bella Adeline, pero cuando ésta se encuentra en su lecho de muerte Bette tiene la esperanza de que todo cambie pero es rechazada por la familia."
  • "Compelled to live under the condescending patronage of her socially superior relatives, the Huot family, Cousin Bette's energies are directed towards their destruction."@en
  • "Cousin Bette (Lange) is a scorned woman who seeks sweet revenge by manipulating a sexual temptress into doing her dirty work."@en
  • "A scorned woman seeks sweet revenge by manipulating a sexual temptress named Jenny into doing her dirty work. With little persuasion, Jenny is soon sleeping with, then discarding, every man in Paris, setting off a chain of disastrous events that ensnares almost everyone in its web--everyone, that is, except Cousin Bette."@en
  • "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."@en
  • "Compelled to live under the condescending patronage of her socially superior relatives, the Hulot family, Cousin Bette's energies are directed towards their destruction."@en
  • "Zwarte komedie over verleiding, bedrog en wraak in Parijs, rond 1850."

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  • "Comedy films"@en
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  • "Historical films"@en
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  • "Feature films"@en
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  • "Cousin Bette (Motion picture : 1998)"
  • "Cousin Bette"
  • "Cousin Bette"@en

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