Babette's Feast
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Babette's Feast

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

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%

Mhudumu wa Kifaransa asiyejulikana huleta furaha isiyotarajiwa na ushirika kwa kijiji chenye wacha Mungu, cha Kideni kilicho na vikwazo vingi kupitia karamu maridadi. Ufundi wake wa upishi husaidia kupatanisha wazee wa dhehebu dogo la kidini, akiwakumbusha furaha rahisi za maisha na ubinadamu wa pamoja.

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

Heads up

  • Wahusika wanakunywa divai katika karamu yote.

What it models well

  • Nguvu ya ukarimu
  • Furaha katika uzoefu wa pamoja
  • Ukombozi kupitia sanaa
  • Jumuiya na msamaha

Talk about it after

  • Mlo unawezaje kuwa kitendo cha upendo?
  • Inamaanisha nini kusamehe kikweli?
  • Umuhimu wa kukumbatia uzoefu mpya
  • Tunawezaje kupata furaha katika mambo rahisi?

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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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