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Babette's Feast

starring: Stéphane Audran, Bodil Kjer, Birgitte Federspiel, Jarl Kulle, Jean-Philippe Lafont
directed by: Gabriel Axel

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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780792848394
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 079284839X
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Letterbox
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: January 23, 2001
Running Time: 102 minutes
Sales Rank: 1027
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: March 04, 1988



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Artistic, sensual and sacred passions unite in Babette's Feast. Written and directed by Gabriel Axel, from a short story by Out of Africa's Isak Dinesen, this Oscar(r)-winning*film offers 'an irresistible mixture of dry wit and robust humanity' (Newsweek). Onthe desolate coast of Denmark live Martina and Philippa, the beautiful daughters of a devout clergyman who preaches salvation through self-denial. Both girls sacrifice youthful passion to faith and duty, and even many years after their father's death, they keep his austere teachings alive among thetownspeople. But with the arrival of Babette, a mysterious refugee from France's civil war, life for the sisters and their tiny hamlet begins to change. Soon, Babette has convinced them to try something truly outrageousa gourmet French meal! Her feast, of course, scandalizes the local elders. Just who is this strangely talented Babette, who has terrified this pious town with the prospect of losing their souls for enjoying too much earthly pleasure? *1987: Foreign Language Film

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Some movies can only be described as delicious. In Babette's Feast, a woman flees the French civil war and lands in a small seacoast village in Denmark, where she comes to work for two spinsters, devout daughters of a puritan minister. After many years, Babette unexpectedly wins a lottery, and decides to create a real French dinner--which leads the sisters to fear for their souls. Joining them for the meal will be a Danish general who, as a young soldier, courted one of the sisters, but she turned him away because of her religion. The village elders all resolve not to enjoy the meal, but can their moral fiber resist the sensual pleasure of Babette's cooking? Babette's Feast deservedly won the 1987 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. This lovely movie is impeccably simple, yet its slender narrative contains a wealth of humor, melancholy, and hope. --Bret Fetzer



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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - great movie for believers and non-believers
I highly recommend this movie. I remember seeing it many years ago and loved the story then and as ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - foolishness
Out of boredom,I was changing from channel to channel when I tuned in to the MGM cinema and saw this ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Sheer delight
I love this movie. One of my culinary school instructors recommended it, so I ordered it and within two ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Babette's Feast
This is the first time I've seen it without sub-titles....dubbed in English! Marvelous film that can be ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Review without comment
Lovely, delightful, charming re-telling of one of Karen Blixen's most characteristic stories. Huston's "The ... Read More

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