Babette's Feast
Comedy, Drama
DirectorGabriel Axel
ProducerJust Betzer, Bo Christensen, Benni Korzen
ScreenwriterGabriel Axel, Karen Blixen
DistributorOrion Pictures
Release DateMar 4, 1987, Original
LanguageDanish
Runtime1h 42m
Beautiful but pious sisters Martine (Birgitte Federspiel) and Philippa (Bodil Kjer) grow to spinsterhood under the wrathful eye of their strict pastor father on the forbidding and desolate coast of Jutland, until one day, Philippa's former suitor sends a Parisian refugee named Babette (Stéphane Audran) to serve as the family cook. Babette's lavish celebratory banquet tempts the family's dwindling congregation, who abjure such fleshly pleasures as fine foods and wines.
Gene Siskel3.8
375
Tasha Robinson3.5
350
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