---
title: 'Cousin Bette (1998)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Des McAnuff'
released: '1998-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 104
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/cousin-bette-1998'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118894/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Cousin Bette (1998)

1998 · 104 min · Drama · United Kingdom, United States


## Synopsis

Cousin Bette is a 1998 British–American comedy-drama film starring Jessica Lange in the title role and is loosely based on the novel of the same name by the French author Honoré de Balzac.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Des McAnuff](https://cinepixo.com/people/des-mcanuff)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Simon Boswell](https://cinepixo.com/people/simon-boswell)
- **Producer:** [Sarah Radclyffe](https://cinepixo.com/people/sarah-radclyffe)
- **Director of Photography:** [Andrzej Sekuła](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrzej-sekula)
- **Editor:** [Tariq Anwar](https://cinepixo.com/people/tariq-anwar)

## Cast

- [Hugh Laurie](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugh-laurie) as Baron Hector Hulot
- [Heathcote Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/heathcote-williams) as Nucingen
- [Toby Stephens](https://cinepixo.com/people/toby-stephens) as Victorin Hulot
- [Bob Hoskins](https://cinepixo.com/people/bob-hoskins) as Cesar Crevel
- [Simon McBurney](https://cinepixo.com/people/simon-mcburney) as Vauvinet
- [John Sessions](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-sessions) as Musical Director
- [Jessica Lange](https://cinepixo.com/people/jessica-lange) as Cousin Bette
- [Kelly Macdonald](https://cinepixo.com/people/kelly-macdonald) as Hortense
- [Laura Fraser](https://cinepixo.com/people/laura-fraser) as Mariette
- [Toby Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/toby-jones) as Gentleman in Café des Artistes
- [John Benfield](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-benfield) as Horace Bianchon
- [Tim Barlow](https://cinepixo.com/people/tim-barlow) as De Forzheim
- [Aden Young](https://cinepixo.com/people/aden-young) as Wenceslas
- [Geraldine Chaplin](https://cinepixo.com/people/geraldine-chaplin) as Adeline Hulot
- [Elisabeth Shue](https://cinepixo.com/people/elisabeth-shue) as Jenny Cadine

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