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Cousin Bette (1998) [R]

Release Date:
June 12, 1998

Original Title:
Cousin Bette

Alternate Titles:
Die Cousine im heißen Feuer der Eifersucht
贝蒂表妹

Genres:
Comedy | Drama | Romance

Production Companies:
Fox Searchlight Pictures

Production Countries:
United Kingdom | United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
US: R 

Runtime: 108

Lust. Greed. Murder. Some things never go out of style.

Overview from TheMovieDB

Cousin Bette is a poor and lonely seamstress, who, after the death of her prominent and wealthy sister, tries to ingratiate herself into lives of her brother-in-law, Baron Hulot, and her niece, Hortense Hulot. Failing to do so, she instead finds solace and company in a handsome young sculptor she saves from starvation. But the aspiring artist soon finds love in the arms of another woman, Hortense, leaving Bette a bitter spinster. Bette plots to take revenge on the family who turned her away and stole her only love. With the help of famed courtesan Jenny Cadine she slowly destroys the lives of those who have scorned her.

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Production

Art Direction:
Richard Bridgland
Bertrand Clercq-Roques

Assistant Art Director:
Anne Ventura

Casting:
Karen Margiotta
Mary Margiotta
Liora Reich

Costume Design:
Gabriella Pescucci

Dialogue Editor:
Peter Dansie

Director:
Des McAnuff

Director of Photography:
Andrzej Sekula

Editor:
Barry Alexander Brown
Tariq Anwar

Executive Producer:
Lynn Siefert
Susan Tarr
Rob Scheidlinger

Hairstylist:
Linda De Andrea
Jenny Shircore
Jean-Charles Bachelier

Makeup Artist:
Ivana Primorac
Derek Trigg
Jenny Shircore
Desne J. Holland
Catherine Damiani

Novel:
Honoré de Balzac

Original Music Composer:
Simon Boswell

Producer:
Sarah Radclyffe
Philippe Guez

Production Design:
Hugo Luczyc-Wyhowski

Screenplay:
Susan Tarr
Lynn Siefert

Set Decoration:
Robert Le Corre

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Dean Humphreys

Wigmaker:
Paul Huntley

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