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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1Audience Rating: G (General Audience) Binding: DVD EAN: 9780792848394 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC ISBN: 079284839X Label: MGM (Video & DVD) Languages: Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD) MPN: D1001475D Number Of Items: 1 Picture Format: Letterbox Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD) Region Code: 1 Release Date: January 23, 2001 Running Time: 103 minutes Studio: MGM (Video & DVD) Theatrical Release Date: March 04, 1988 Editorial Review: Amazon.com: Some movies can only be described as delicious. In Babette's Feast, a woman flees the French civil war and lands in a small seacoast village in Denmark, where she comes to work for two spinsters, devout daughters of a puritan minister. After many years, Babette unexpectedly wins a lottery, and decides to create a real French dinner--which leads the sisters to fear for their souls. Joining them for the meal will be a Danish general who, as a young soldier, courted one of the sisters, but she turned him away because of her religion. The village elders all resolve not to enjoy the meal, but can their moral fiber resist the sensual pleasure of Babette's cooking? Babette's Feast deservedly won the 1987 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. This lovely movie is impeccably simple, yet its slender narrative contains a wealth of humor, melancholy, and hope. --Bret Fetzer Description: Artistic, sensual and sacred passions unite in Babette's Feast. Written and directed by Gabriel Axel, from a short story by Out of Africa's Isak Dinesen, this Oscar(r)-winning*film offers "an irresistible mixture of dry wit and robust humanity" (Newsweek). Onthe desolate coast of Denmark live Martina and Philippa, the beautiful daughters of a devout clergyman who preaches salvation through self-denial. Both girls sacrifice youthful passion to faith and duty, and even many years after their father's death, they keep his austere teachings alive among thetownspeople. But with the arrival of Babette, a mysterious refugee from France's civil war, life for the sisters and their tiny hamlet begins to change. Soon, Babette has convinced them to try something truly outrageousa gourmet French meal! Her feast, of course, scandalizes the local elders. Just who is this strangely talented Babette, who has terrified this pious town with the prospect of losing their souls for enjoying too much earthly pleasure? *1987: Foreign Language Film Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Babette's FeastThis 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. Rating: - Review without commentLovely, 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 ... Read More Rating: - Quiet, textured and surprisingIf 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. Rating: - The cooking is fine, but the movie is about love, wisdom and friendship...without sentimentalityI don't know whether this film hits my heart the way it does because of the feelings of friendship, love, closeness to others or the warmth of that transformation Babette's cooking creates, but when the feast starts and for the rest of the movie, I choke up often. Yes, this is a feel-good movie, but without a speck of mawkishness or facile sentimentality. Please note that elements of the plot are discussed. Babette's Feast tells its story with restraint and care, and it lets us discover ... Read More Rating: - Philosophical legendAs the title says, this legned was put on the background of french revolution, but its philosophical significance reaches far beyond, before and after that specific historic period. Issue has been probably pursued by human being since they became civilized gradually: what is the persistant value of life, relatively unchanged by uncertainty of world. The movie offers some clue for people to follow to practically explore in today's real world. |
