Updated June 26, 2020 |
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| Director: | Des McAnuff |
| Writers: | Lynn Siefert and Susan Tarr |
| Director of Photography: | Andrzej Sekula |
| Editor: | Barry Brown |
| Music: | Simon Boswell |
| Production Designer: | Hugo Luczyc-Wyhowski |
| Producers: | Sarah Radclyffe and Philippe Guez |
| Fox Searchlight Pictures; R; 112 minutes | |
| Release: | 6/98 |
| Cast: | Jessica Lange, Elisabeth Shue, Bob Hoskins, Hugh Laurie, Aden Young, Kelly Macdonald and Geraldine Chaplin |
| Based on the novel by Honoré de Balzac |
Jessica Lange plays Bette, a bitter Parisian spinster who seeks revenge on her snobbish relatives for treating her like a servant. To assist her in her schemes, she enlists a sculptor named Wenceslas (Young) and the two attempt to wreak havoc in various social circles. Based on the rather dense 19th century novel by Balzac, there are a host of minor characters and plot lines, all meant to be mischievous and erotic. But Lange, Young and Shue (who plays a high-class courtesan) spoil the mood with one too many decidedly unsexy displays of histrionics.
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