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Babette's Feast

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Babette's Feast
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1hr 42min
Genre:
Drama
Release:
1987
Director:
Gabriel Axel
Distributor:
MGM
Starring:
Stéphane Audran, Jean-Philippe Lafont, Gudmar Wivesson  ...more
Synopsis: The Danish/French Babette's Feast is based on a story by Isak Dinesen, also the source of the very different Out of Africa (1985). Stephane Audran plays Babette, a 19th century Parisian political refugee who seeks shelter in a rough Danish coastal town. Philippa (Bodil Kjer) and Martina (Birgitte Federspiel), the elderly daughters of the town's long-dead minister, take Babette in. As revealed in flashback, Philippa and Martina were once beautiful young women (played by Hanne Stensgaard and Vibeke ... Full Synopsis
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Dan Jardine, AMG Review
The sophisticated and subtle screenplay for Babette's Feast, adapted by director Gabriel Axel, is based on a story written by Isak Dinesen, the writer memorably played by Meryl Streep in the biopic Out of Africa. In the film's first half, the emotional detachment of the pious characters is mirrored in the directorial approach, which allows the narrator to explain the matters before us, keeping us at ... Full Review
Featured Cast
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Stéphane Audran
Babette Hersant
Jean-Philippe Lafont
Achille Papin
Gudmar Wivesson
Lorenz Lowenhielm as a Young Man
Jarl Kulle
Lorenz Lowenhielm as an old man
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