servant,charity,community service,feast,reconciliation,sect,frenchwoman,coastal village,master servant relationship,gourmet,french cuisine,fine dining,generosity,gourmet cook,sister sister relationship,selflessness,gastronomia,piety

Babette's Feast (1987)

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Artistic, sensual and sacred passions unite in Babette's Feast.

A French housekeeper with a mysterious past brings quiet revolution in the form of one exquisite meal to a circle of starkly pious villagers in late 19th century Denmark.

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Cast & Crew

Director
Gabriel Axel
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    Babette Hersant Stéphane Audran
  • Profile picture of Bodil Kjer
    Filippa Bodil Kjer
  • Profile picture of Birgitte Federspiel
    Martine Birgitte Federspiel
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    Gen. Lorens Löwenhielm Jarl Kulle
  • Profile picture of Jean-Philippe Lafont
    Achille Papin Jean-Philippe Lafont
  • Profile picture of Bibi Andersson
    Swedish Lady-in-Waiting Bibi Andersson
  • Profile picture of Ghita Nørby
    Narrator (voice) Ghita Nørby
  • Profile picture of Asta Esper Hagen Andersen
    Anna Asta Esper Hagen Andersen

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Keywords

  • servant
  • charity
  • community service
  • feast
  • reconciliation
  • sect
  • frenchwoman
  • coastal village
  • master servant relationship
  • gourmet
  • french cuisine
  • fine dining
  • generosity
  • gourmet cook
  • sister sister relationship
  • selflessness
  • gastronomia
  • piety