19th century, Denmark. The two adult sisters live in a small isolated village with their father, a revered priest of a local, sect-like Protestant church. Although both sisters have the opportunity to leave, they choose to stay with their father to serve him and the Church. A few years later, a refugee from France named Babete arrives. She begs to be accepted, and for that she promises to tidy the house and cook. After a while, the father dies. The sisters decide to commemorate his 100th birthday. Babette sees great potential here and begs the sisters to let her be in charge of cooking for the whole celebration. The sisters, though admitted (what can Babete, a Catholic from abroad, do?), Agree.
Babete's Feast won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 1988.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 1 hr. 43 min.
- Country, year
- Denmark, 1987
- Genre
- Drama
- Language
- Danish
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian, English
- Age rating
- N/A
Credits
- Director
- Gabriel Axel
- Screenplay
- Gabriel Axel (pagal Karen Blixen romaną)
- Cinematography
- Henning Kristiansen
- Music
- Per Nørgaard, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Cast
- Stéphane Audran, Bodil Kjer, Birgitte Federspiel, Jarl Kulle, Bendt Rothe, Lisbeth Movin, Preben Lerdorff-Rye, Ebbe Rode
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Director
Gabriel Axel
Gabriel Axel was born in 1918. In Denmark. He spent almost his entire childhood in France. Upon his return to Denmark, he studied acting at the Royal Danish Theater. After a few years in France, Gabriel Axel focused on theater, television and film directing. After sixteen feature films (including The Red Mantle (1967), which won a prize at the Cannes International Film Festival), the director returned to France.
