Year			1998
Genre			Comedy, drama
Length			1:47
Director			Des McAnuff
Writer			Honoré de Balzac Lynn Siefert
Company			Fox Searchlight Pictures
Starring			Geraldine Chaplin John Benfield Hugh Laurie Jessica Lange Geraldine Chaplin John Benfield Hugh Laurie Jessica Lange

Jessica Lange stars as Cousin Bette, 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 sculpture 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.