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Released
1998 · FILM

Cousin Bette

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

Directed by
Runtime
108 min
ComedyDramaRomance

Synopsis

In 19th century Paris, Bette Fischer, a poor and homely spinster, forms an alliance with the seductive courtesan Valerie Marneffe to orchestrate revenge on her handsome and wealthy relatives.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 23

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Tariq AnwarShot by Andrzej SekulaScored by Simon BoswellDesigned by Hugo Luczyc Wyhowski

Box Office

1998 · Box office

Grossed $1.3M worldwide

Worldwide gross

$1.3M

Worldwide gross$1.3M

Opening weekend: $76K 6% of its US run. It had legs — it kept earning long after opening weekend.

Peak 13 theaters

Also known as

  • Cousine Bettede
  • La prima Bettees
  • La Cousine Bettefr
  • La cugina Betteit

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