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Babette's Feast (Danish: Babettes Gæstebud) is a 1987 Danish drama film directed by Gabriel Axel. The screenplay, written by Axel, was based on the 1958 story of the same name by Isak Dinesen ( Karen Blixen ).
Mar 4, 1988 · Babette's Feast: Directed by Gabriel Axel. With Stéphane Audran, Bodil Kjer, Birgitte Federspiel, Jarl Kulle. During the late 19th century, a strict religious community in a Danish village takes in a French refugee from the Franco-Prussian War as a servant to the late pastor's daughters.
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 ...
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During the late 19th century, a strict religious community in a Danish village takes in Babette (Audran), a French refugee, as a family cook to the late pastor's daughters. Babette's lavish celebratory banquet tempts the family's dwindling congregation.
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.
Dec 3, 2012 · A mouthwatering Christmas treat, Babette's Feast is re-released on 14 December in a beautiful new digital transfer.
Two devout and elderly sisters allow their cook, a French refugee, to prepare a feast in honor of their late father's 100th birthday, despite their spiritual concerns over the sensuality and decadence of French cuisine.
Aug 31, 2019 · A summary of Babette's Feast, the 1958 short story by Isak Dinesen, and how it compares with the acclaimed 1987 film of the same name.
Nov 26, 2016 · Babette’s Feast, based on a story by Isak Dinesen, is about a sect of austere, severe religious people living on a remote Denmark coast in the 19th century. They are led by the elderly...
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.
