Babette's Feast
Summary:
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 ... Full Summary >>
Cast:
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)
Bibi Andersson - (Swedish Court Lady-in-waiting)
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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 ... Continue >>
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