Babette’s Feast

Culinary Cinema

"A superior example of foodie cinema and in some ways a natural Academy choice"

The Telegraph
  • Archive - Festival 33
  • Director: Gabriel Axel
  • Denmark 1987
  • 104 minutes
  • Danish, French
  • Subtitles in Hebrew, English

On the desolate coast of Denmark live two elderly sisters, Martina and Philippa. With the arrival of Babette, a mysterious refugee from France's civil war, life for the sisters and their tiny hamlet begins to change. Soon Babette convinces them to try something truly outrageous, a gourmet French meal.

At once a rousing paean to artistic creation, a delicate evocation of divine grace, and the ultimate film about food, the Oscar-winning Babette’s Feast is a deeply beloved treasure of cinema.

Filmography: Leila (2001), Prince of Jutland (1994).

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  • Director Gabriel Axel
  • Production Just Betzer
  • Script Gabriel Axel, from a story by Isak Dinesen
  • Cinematography Henning Kristiansen
  • Editing Finn Henriksen
  • Music Per Nørgaard
  • Actors Stéphane Audran, Bodil Kjer, Birgitte Federspiel, Jarl Kulle, Bibi Andersson
  • Source Astrablu Media Inc., Beverly Hills