Rent Babette's Feast (1987)

3.9 of 5 from 183 ratings
1h 44min
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Synopsis:
When Babette (Stéphane Audran), a beautiful and mysterious French refugee, arrives in a remote Danish town the tight-knit, puritanical community begrudgingly let her in, providing her with shelter and work. But after the town patriarch passes away and Babette insists on preparing a feast in his honor, a magical world of sensory revelations is thrown open to the villagers, changing their lives forever...
Actors:
, , , , , , , , Thomas Antoni, , Viggo Bentzon, , Therese Højgaard Christensen, Pouel Kern, , , , , ,
Directors:
Producers:
Just Betzer, Bo Christensen, Benni Korzen, Pernille Siesbye
Narrated By:
Ghita Nørby
Writers:
Karen Blixen, Gabriel Axel
Others:
Henning Kristiansen
Aka:
Babettes gæstebud
Studio:
Artificial Eye Film Company Ltd.
Genres:
Classics, Comedy, Drama
Collections:
Cinema Paradiso's Euro 24 Film Festival, The Instant Expert's Guide, The Instant Expert's Guide to Carl Theodor Dreyer, The Instant Expert's Guide to Claude Chabrol, The Last Laugh: The Film That Changed Cinema
Countries:
Denmark
Awards:

1989 BAFTA Best Foreign Film

1988 Oscar Best Foreign Film

BBFC:
Release Date:
25/02/2013
Run Time:
104 minutes
Languages:
Danish Dolby Digital 2.0, English Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono, French Dolby Digital 2.0, Italian Dolby Digital 2.0
Subtitles:
English
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
Colour:
Colour
Bonus:
  • Interview with Actress Stephane Audran
  • Theatrical Trailers
BBFC:
Release Date:
25/02/2013
Run Time:
108 minutes
Languages:
Danish LPCM Stereo, French LPCM Stereo, Swedish LPCM Stereo
Subtitles:
English
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
Colour:
Colour
BLU-RAY Regions:
B
Bonus:
  • Interview with Actress Stephane Audran
  • Theatrical Trailers

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Reviews (3) of Babette's Feast

Cult - Babette's Feast review by JD

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13/05/2015

If you've enjoyed Transformers 1, 2, 3, and 4 and look forward to 5, 6, 7, and 8 this is not for you. If you prefer the way-off mainstream, cult film you have hit solid gold. This is a slow moving bleak story about repressed emotion, Lutherian purity, poverty, and thwarted passion in a rural remote Danish coastal village set during the French revolution. I enjoyed some of the scenes in a sober and settled sort of way. Most of it however is about love which will never be realised or allowed, be it love of cooking, or of a woman. This should have a 40 certificate, few under 40 will enjoy it, some over 50 will really like it.

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Delightful - Babette's Feast review by Ianto

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22/03/2021

This is a delightful and well observed film but as a previous reviewer has said it is aimed at a more mature audience and wont appeal if your usual fare is Hollywood block-busters.

1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.

Fundamentally flawed - Babette's Feast review by DT

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26/12/2019

Can't imagine how bad the original draft script was which when combined with terrible screen play and poor casting is, well, simply crap

0 out of 2 members found this review helpful.

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