Babette’s Feast
Babettes gæstebud
Denmark • 1987
Director
#665Criterion Collection →Synopsis
At once a rousing paean to artistic creation, a delicate evocation of divine grace, and the ultimate film about food, the Oscar-winning BABETTE’S FEAST is a deeply beloved treasure of cinema. Directed by Gabriel Axel and adapted from a story by Isak Dinesen, it is the lovingly layered tale of a French housekeeper with a mysterious past who brings quiet revolution in the form of one exquisite meal to a circle of starkly pious villagers in late nineteenth-century Denmark. BABETTE’S FEAST combines earthiness and reverence in an indescribably moving depiction of sensual pleasure that goes to your head like fine champagne.
Synopsis
At once a rousing paean to artistic creation, a delicate evocation of divine grace, and the ultimate film about food, the Oscar-winning BABETTE’S FEAST is a deeply beloved treasure of cinema. Directed by Gabriel Axel and adapted from a story by Isak Dinesen, it is the lovingly layered tale of a French housekeeper with a mysterious past who brings quiet revolution in the form of one exquisite meal to a circle of starkly pious villagers in late nineteenth-century Denmark. BABETTE’S FEAST combines earthiness and reverence in an indescribably moving depiction of sensual pleasure that goes to your head like fine champagne.
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Credits
Crew
DirectorGabriel Axel
WriterGabriel Axel, Annemarie Aaes
CinematographerHenning Kristiansen
ComposerPer Nørgård
EditorFinn Henriksen
ProducerJust Betzer, Bo Christensen, Benni Korzen, Pernille Siesbye
Cast
Stéphane Audranas Babette
Bodil Kjeras Filippa