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Cousin Bette is a British film of genre Drama directed by Desmond McAnuff released in USA on 12 june 1998 with Jessica Lange
Cousin Bette (1998)
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Add to a movie listCousin Bette is a 1998 British/American comedy-drama that stars Jessica Lange in the title role and is loosely based on the Honoré de Balzac Cousin Bette.
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At the deathbed of her wealthy cousin Adeline (Chaplin), poor seamstress Bette Fischer (Lange) promises to take care of her cousin's family. However Baron Hector Hulot (Laurie), her late cousin's husband, still knowingly treats her as a "housekeeper", giving her charge over his daughter Hortense (Kelly Macdonald). Refusing the offer to stay in Hulot's home, Bette returns to her apartment in a rundown poorer district of Paris, where she makes costumes for a Burlesque theatre. She becomes friends with the headliner of the show, famed courtesan Jenny Cadine (Shue). Bette finds a source of comfort in Count Wenceslas Steinbach (Aden Young), a young but promising artist who has fallen on hard times. Besotted by the young man, Bette does everything possible to provide for him such as buying him food and motivating him to continue with his work. One day, Bette tells Hortense of her "sweetheart" Wenceslas.Actors
Jessica Lange
(Cousin Bette)
Elisabeth Shue
(Jenny Cadine)
Hugh Laurie
(Baron Hector Hulot)
Bob Hoskins
(Cesar Crevel)
Geraldine Chaplin
(Adeline)
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