Babet Feast
MGM (Video & DVD) - MGM (Video & DVD)
Release date: 2001-01-23
DVD
Director:Gabriel Axel
Actors: Stéphane Audran, Birgitte Federspiel, Bodil Kjer, Jarl Kulle, Jean-Philippe Lafont
Color, Danish, Deliberate, Denmark, Drama, Earnest, Eccentric Families, Elegant, Family Drama, Feature, Foreign, Foreign Film - French, Foreign Film [Dub Or Subtitle], Foreign Video - French, France, French, Heartwarming, High Artistic Quality, High Production Values, Movie
average reviews
0 vote
0 vote
React and review
Babet Feast
Date undefinedThis is the first time I've seen it without sub-titles....dubbed in English! Marvelous film that can be taken many ways....a nice story about using our gifts and talents to help others, and the love that can arise, all the way to the symbolism of Christ's sacrifices for others (the story's intent).
Very well packaged, and quick shipping.
Babet Feast
Date undefinedLovely, delightful, charming re-telling of one of Karen Blixen's most characteristic stories. Huston's "The Dead" may have preceded and perhaps inspired it, but "Babette's Feast" is actually an even better, sweeter, more brilliantly acted, written and directed film. Personally, I lean more to Scandinavia than Ireland. I won't recount the plot, and I still can't understand why reviewers think that repeating the plot is a review: once is enough, please. Please. I can only make a few comments. First of all, the General's name is Lowenhielm, which means Lion Helmet, and he is not Danish in the slightest, even though he has a Danish aunt, but 100% Swedish. Jarl Kulle was one of Sweden's greatest actors. He died in 1997. Throughout the movie he is speaking in Swedish, which Danes can understand and vice versa. Not that it matters, but I would have thought that even an Amazon reviewer, although an American, would try to get things right. Secondly, this is a lovely and wonderful summing-up of life's traumas and vicissitudes. We have to face the slings and arrows that life hands us, and come out of it with chins up, still able to derive comfort from whatever fate delivers, whether it kills our spouse and child, or whether it suddenly offers us a winning ticket. There is a beauty and an artistry in giving to others, regardless of cost. We are all going to die, in the end. Why not give what we can, while we can?
Babet Feast
Date undefinedIf you enjoyed Krzysztof Kieslowski's Three Colors trilogy or, the Red Violin, you will enjoy the quiet majesty of this work. Set in a coastal village in Denmark, the story revolves around a lady refugee who fled France during war. Ultimately leading to a moment of profound peace, the characters met along the way are nonetheless very well written and at times, amusing. It is a wonderful piece. Subtitled.
