Babette's feast.
Record details
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Physical Description:
videodisc
2 videodiscs (104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (64 p. : col. ill. ; 19 cm.) - Edition: Widescreen ed.
- Publisher: United States : The Criterion Collection, p2013, 1987.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Adapted from a story by Isak Dinesen. Originally released as a motion picture in 1987. Special features: Disc 1: Trailer. Disc 2: Gabriel Axel (new interview with the director); Stéphane Audran (new interview with the actor); Table scraps (visual essay by Michael Almereyda of book to film, narrated by Lori Singer); Karen Blixen - storyteller (a 1995 documentary about the author); An artist of the everyday (interview with sociologist Priscilla Parkhurst Ferguson). Booklet featuring an essay by film scholar Mark Le Fanu and Dinesen's 1950 story. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Stephane Audran, Bodil Kjer, Birgitte Federspiel, Jarl Kulle, Jean Philippe Lafont, Bibi Andersson ; narrator, Ghita Nørby. |
Target Audience Note: | MPAA rating: G; for mild frightening scenes, violence, usage of alcohol and smoking. |
Language Note: | In Danish, French and Swedish dialogue; English subtitles. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Christian life Denmark 19th century Drama Cooking, French Drama |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Kenton County.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
Show Only Available Copies
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Independence Branch | MO (Text) | 33126023774155 | DVD | Available | - |
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"At once a rousing paean to artistic creation, a delicate evocation of divine grace, and the ultimate film about food, the Oscar-winning Babetteâs Feast is a deeply beloved cinematic treasure. Directed by Gabriel Axel and adapted from a story by Isak Dinesen, this is the layered tale of a French housekeeper with a mysterious past who brings quiet revolution in the form of one exquisite meal to a circle of starkly pious villagers in late nineteenth-century Denmark. Babetteâs Feast combines earthiness and reverence in an indescribably moving depiction of pleasure that goes to your head like fine champagne." - Baker & Taylor
A French housekeeper who lives and works in a small Danish religious community spends her prize winnings from the lottery on an incredible meal for the entire village. - Criterion Distribution
An exiled Paris chef enlightens two pious Danish sisters who forsook romance and fame.