Babette's Feast ( Babettes gæstebud )

Babette's Feast (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Babettes gæstebud
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Cannes Film Festival
Golden Globes
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Danish ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/NTSC/Region 0 )

Running Time:
103 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1987 and produced in:
Denmark ( Scandinavia, Iceland )

Directed By:
Gabriel Axel

Written By:
Karen Blixen
Gabriel Axel

Actors:
Stéphane Audran ..... Babette Hersant
Bodil Kjer ..... Filippa
Birgitte Federspiel ..... Martine
Jarl Kulle ..... General Lorens Löwenhielm
Jean-Philippe Lafont ..... Achille Papin
Bibi Andersson ..... Svensk hofdame
Ghita Nørby ..... Narrator
Asta Esper Hagen Andersen ..... Anna
Thomas Antoni ..... Svensk Lieutenant
Gert Bastian ..... Poor Man
Viggo Bentzon ..... Fisherman in Rowboat
Vibeke Hastrup ..... Young Martine
Therese Hojgaard Christensen ..... Martha
Pouel Kern ..... The Minister
Cay Kristiansen ..... Poul

Synopsis:

In 19th century Denmark, two adult sisters live in an isolated village with their father, who is the honored pastor of a small Protestant church that is almost a sect unto itself. Although they each are presented with a real opportunity to leave the village, the sisters choose to stay with their father, to serve to him and their church. After some years, a French woman refugee, Babette, arrives at their door, begs them to take her in, and commits herself to work for them as maid/housekeeper/cook. Sometime after their father dies, the sisters decide to hold a dinner to commemorate the 100th anniversary of his birth. Babette experiences unexpected good fortune and implores the sisters to allow her to take charge of the preparation of the meal. Although they are secretly concerned about what Babette, a Catholic and a foreigner, might do, the sisters allow her to go ahead. Babette then prepares the feast of a lifetime for the members of the tiny church and an important gentleman related to one of them.

The Danish/French Babette's Feast is based on a story by Isak Dinesen, also the source of the very different OUT OF AFRICA (1985). Stephane Audran plays Babette, a 19th century Parisian political refugee who seeks shelter in a rough Danish coastal town. Philippa (Bodil Kjer) and Martina (Birgitte Federspiel), the elderly daughters of the town's long-dead minister, take Babette in. As revealed in flashback, Philippa and Martina were once beautiful young women (played by Hanne Stensgaard and Vibeke Hastrup), who'd forsaken their chances at romance and fame, taking hollow refuge in religion. Babette holds a secret that may very well allow the older ladies to have a second chance at life.

A pair of religious sisters, carrying out their late father's work, give shelter to a refugee from Paris. When she wins the French lottery, she rewards the sisters' kind-ness by preparing a memorial dinner for the dwindling religious community to celebrate the late vicar's 100th birthday. Academy Award: Best Foreign Language Film

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 20 July, 2011.

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