A famous ode to gastronomy for the first time on Blu-ray!

On the coast of Jutland live two old sisters, Martine and Filippa, daughters of an authoritarian pastor who was in his time the founder of a local religious community. One evening a French refugee arrives in the village, sent by a former suitor of Filippa. Her name is Babette and she asks for asylum with the sisters. Fourteen years later, the Frenchwoman has become their faithful servant. One day, she wins a large sum in the lottery. But rather than keep the money, Babette decides to upset the ascetic principles of this community by organizing a sumptuous dinner, in the great French tradition...

Faithfully adapted from a tale by Karen Blixen (writer already brought to the screen with Out of Africa), Le Festin de Babette is an ode to gastronomy and hedonism. From a romantic plot mixed with sentimental intrigues, Gabriel Axel mocks the austerity of the Protestant Nordic world, undermined by the delights of a genius cook embodied by Stéphane Audran (The Unfaithful Woman). Cooking had never been shown in the cinema with so much passion and delicacy! A great popular success, Le Festin de Babette won the Oscar® for best foreign film in 1988 and remains an international classic!

BABETTE'S FEAST
(1987 – Colors – 99 mins)

SUPPLEMENTS *

. BABETTE'S LOOK (23 mins)
Stéphane Audran recalls his collaboration with Gabriel Axel and talks about the construction of his role and the shooting.

. TRAILER

* in HD on the Blu-ray version

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BD 25 • HIGH DEFINITION MASTER • 1080/23.98p • AVC ENCODING
Original Version DTS-HD MA 2.0 / French Version DTS-HD MA 1.0
French Subtitles • Format

DVD 9 – NEW HD RESTORED MASTER • Original Stereo Version / French Mono Version 1.0 • French Subtitles • 1.66 format respected 16/9 compatible 4/3 – Colors • Length of Film: 99 mins

Released November 5, 2012