Le Festin de Babette
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Le Festin de Babette

Les passions artistiques, sensuelles et sacrées s'unissent dans le Festin de Babette.

1987 • 104 min • Drama · History · Comedy

Our family guide

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

Une mystérieuse gouvernante française apporte une joie inattendue et un sentiment de communion à un village danois austère et dévot, grâce à un festin magnifique. Son art culinaire aide à réconcilier les membres vieillissants d'une secte religieuse en déclin, leur rappelant les plaisirs simples de la vie et l'humanité partagée.

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

Heads up

  • Les personnages boivent du vin tout au long du festin.

What it models well

  • Le pouvoir de la générosité
  • La joie des expériences partagées
  • La rédemption par l'art
  • La communauté et le pardon

Talk about it after

  • Comment un repas peut-il être un acte d'amour ?
  • Que signifie pardonner véritablement ?
  • L'importance d'embrasser de nouvelles expériences
  • Comment trouver de la joie dans les choses 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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