A comic adaptation of Balzac’s novel featuring intricate plotting and subtle performances and proving a treat for lovers of inventive and machiavellian storylines. Jessica Lange stars as Bette, a woman who seeks revenge on the upper-crust relatives she believes have wronged her, enlisting the services of a beautiful courtesan along the way. Together, the pair set in motion a complex chain of events., 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., This lacerating 1998 comedy-drama, based on Honore de Balzac’s classic novel and set in mid-19th-century Paris, centers on an impoverished spinster seamstress (Jessica Lange), who quietly wreaks havoc on the lives of her wealthy relatives with some help from a temptress. Elisabeth Shue, Hugh Laurie, Bob Hoskins, Aden Young., Comic adaptation of Balzac’s novel about a bitter seamstress who sets out to destroy the rich relatives who shunned her. She enlists a famous courtesan to aid her in her inventive, Machiavellian plot.
Q&A :
Q: Who are the main cast members in “Cousin Bette ” ?
A: The main cast includes Jessica Lange,Elisabeth Shue,Bob Hoskins,Hugh Laurie,Laura Fraser,Toby Stephens,Kelly Macdonald,Janie Hargreaves,Aden Young,Geraldine Chaplin,Jefferson Mays,John Benfield,Paul Bandey,Gillian Martell,John Sessions,Henrik Wagner,John Quentin,Tim Barlow,Heathcote Williams,Philip Jackson,Toby Jones,Kenneth Jay,Simon McBurney,Geoffrey Carey,Dermot Keaney,Neris Thomas,Lynn Siefert,Hugo Luczyc-Wyhowski,Bertrand Clercq-Roques,Rob Scheidlinger,Karen Margiotta,Llora Reich,Didier Naert,Jane Gibson,Philippe Guez,Susan Tarr,Mary Margiotta,Andrzej Sekula,Tariq Anwar,Liora Reich,Gabriella Pescucci,Graham Longhurst,Nathalie Charon,Honore de Balzac,Richard Bridgland,Jenny Shircore,Barry Alexander Brown.
Q: When Did the “Cousin Bette” Released?
A: The Movie “Cousin Bette” originally aired on 1998-06-12 and released in the year of 1998.
Q: What Languages are available to watch “Cousin Bette” ?
A: Is also available in eng language.
Q: Where to watch “Cousin Bette” ?
A: “Cousin Bette” is Avaiable on Netflix. as its Netflix Originals.
