Cousin Bette (1998)

Directors

Des McAnuff

Cast

Jessica Lange, Elisabeth Shue, Kelly Macdonald, Aden Young, Hugh Laurie, Bob Hoskins

The story

The aristocratic Hulot family gathers at the deathbed of their matron Adeline. Adeline's husband, the Baron Hector Hulot, has squandered their fortune on an extravagant string of mistresses and plunged them heavily into debt, a fact which stresses the entire family. Adeline's Cousin Bette, a poor and aging spinster, has spent her life supporting Adeline and her family with little return, and promises the dying Adeline that she will watch over the family, especially Adeline's young, unmarried daughter, Hortense.

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