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Cousin Bette

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Cousin Bette
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R,1hr 55min
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1997
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20th Century Fox
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 ... Full Synopsis
Featured Cast
Bette Fisher
Jenny Cadine
Cesar Crevel
Baron Hector Hulot
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