Cousin Bette

In "Cousin Bette," Lisbeth Fischer struggles in the shadow of her glamorous cousin Adeline, who ascends socially through her marriage to Baron Hulot. After being brought to Paris and falling for the artist Wenceslas, Lisbeth's world shatters when he chooses Adeline's daughter Hortense instead. Consumed by jealousy and rage, she enlists the manipulative Valerie Marneffe to enact her revenge on the Hulot family, leading to a gripping exploration of obsession and self-destruction against the backdrop of libertine France.