El festín de Babette
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El festín de Babette

1987 • 104 min • Drama · History · Comedy

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Best from age 10
74
Movie Knight Score
452 reviews
  • 75 Reviewers · 4 · 60%
  • 72 Audience · 448 · 40%

Una misteriosa ama de llaves francesa trae alegría y comunión inesperadas a un pueblo danés devoto y austero a través de un magnífico festín. Su arte culinario ayuda a reconciliar a los envejecidos miembros de una menguante secta religiosa, recordándoles los placeres simples de la vida y la humanidad compartida.

Violence & peril
0/10
Language
0/10
Drinking, drugs & smoking
1/10
Romance & sensuality
0/10
Scary moments
0/10

Heads up

  • Los personajes beben vino durante todo el festín.

What it models well

  • El poder de la generosidad
  • La alegría de las experiencias compartidas
  • La redención a través del arte
  • Comunidad y perdón

Talk about it after

  • ¿Cómo puede una comida ser un acto de amor?
  • ¿Qué significa perdonar de verdad?
  • La importancia de abrazar nuevas experiencias
  • ¿Cómo podemos encontrar alegría en las cosas simples?

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Top billed cast

Director: Gabriel Axel • Crew: Gabriel Axel, Annemarie Aaes

Trailers & clips

Three Reasons: Babette's Feast

Babette's Feast (1987) - trailer

Babette's Feast (1988) Trailer

'Babette's Feast' | Critics' Picks | The New York Times

Reviewer notes

Recommended

Now if you’re not up for a genuine dose of human kindness then this isn’t going to be a film for you. It’s all about the young “Babette” (Stéphane Audran) who has been taken in by a pair of spinster sisters who, despite plenty of opportunity, found themselves tied to their preacher father’s apron strings throughout his life, and who are now living life largely just waiting for it’s end.…

Recommended

**_The moment when “Mercy and truth… have kissed each other”_** In a northern Jutland village, two daughters of a pietistic Lutheran pastor are dutiful spinsters by 1871 (Bodil Kjer and Birgitte Federspiel) when they take-in a Parisian refugee who “can cook” (Stéphane Audran).…

RecommendedTrusted family reviewers

Well, <em>'Babette’s Feast'</em> is exactly what it says on the tin, that's for sure. It is a film that I'd personally refer to as 'good', though my interest did ascend and descend interchangeably throughout.…

Not recommendedTrusted family reviewers

Based on a Karen Blixen story, <i>Babette's Feast</i> is a heartwarming tale of generosity in 19th century Denmark. As the film opens, we are introduced to Martine and Philippa, daughters of a charismatic preacher in a tiny Jutland village. Dedicated to their father's work, they turn down the courtship of a Danish officer and a French musician.…

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