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From: The Village Voice
Date: 19980616
Author:Camhi, Leslie
Cousin Bette
Directed by Des McAnuff
Written by Lynn Siefert and Susan Tarr from the novel by Honore de Balzac
A Fox Searchlight release
Opens June 12
Passion in the Desert
Directed by Lavinia Currier
Written by Currier and Martin Edmunds, from the novella by Balzac
A Fine Line release
Opens June 12
Bette Davis rather than Balzac seems to have been the inspiration for this adaptation of Cousin Bette, the gripping novel that's but a chip in his multivolume social mosaic, La Comedie humaine. Director Des McAnuff and screenwriters Lynn Siefert and Susan Tarr have played fast and loose ...
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