![]() ![]() Elderly sisters Phillipa and Martina (Bodil Kjer and Birgitte Federspiel) are the center of a bible group that still reveres the teachings of their late father, a devout and loving minister known throughout Denmark despite his poverty. The sweetness and humanity brought out from this austere setting make Babette's Feast a special and rewarding foreign film.Ī tiny hamlet in Jutland. ![]() Its pace is the pace ofĪ provincial seaside town where nothing much ever happens, and its subject is the lives of characters who have dedicated themselves to very non-21st century lifestyles. A charming tale set in the mid 1800's, it steadfastly refuses to be modern in any way. Judging from the Danish sequences in Out of Africa, you'd think Karen Blixen had nothing positive to say about her nordic homeland, so Babette's Feast comes as a very pleasant surprise. MGM's "World Cinema" VHS 'branded line' category jumps to DVD with this handsome release, one of many excellent foreign films that company will be offering up to disc in the coming months. Produced by Just Betzer and Bo Christensen Writing credits Gabriel Axel, from the novel by Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen) Production Designers Jan Petersen, Sven Wichmann ![]() Starring Stéphane Audran, Birgitte Federspiel, Bodil Kjer, Bibi Andersson, Jarle Kulle, Jean-Phillipe LaFont, Ebbie Rode ![]() 1987 / Color / 1:37 / original title, Babettes gaestebud ![]()
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