Babette's Feast
Babettes gæstebud
Directed by:
Gabriel AxelScreenplay:
Gabriel AxelCinematography:
Henning KristiansenCast:
Stéphane Audran, Bodil Kjer, Birgitte Federspiel, Jarl Kulle, Jean-Philippe Lafont, Bibi Andersson, Ghita Nørby (narrator), Asta Esper Andersen (more)VOD (2)
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Adapted from a story by "Out of Africa" author Isak Dinesen, it tells the story of a 19th Century religious community on Denmark's remote and windswept coast. Into this austere environment comes Babette, a mysterious refugee from France s civil war. When she mounts a French gourmet feast to mark the community's anniversary, the local elders are scandalized. Just who is the strangely talented Babette, who has terrified this pious town with the prospect of losing their souls for enjoying too much earthly pleasure? (Artificial Eye)
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I actually don't really know what to think of this movie. On one hand, especially in terms of the performances, it felt kind of Bergmanesque, but at the same time, it doesn't have that much of a story. Maybe it has something from "Hour of the Wolf", but it's rather its opposite. I really don't know. This is a movie that I might need to watch again. The list keeps growing.
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