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Babette's Feast

Movie · 1987 · 103 min

A quiet, slow-burning feast of a film that fills you with warmth and grace, leaving a lingering sense of redemption and artistic triumph.

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1987 film by Gabriel Axel
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Class
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Year
1987
Runtime
103 min
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Tone
  • warmstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • faith
  • art
  • redemption
  • family
  • love
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror0
Humour3
Realism7
Romance3
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

Details

Genres
drama, musical, romance
Directed by
Gabriel Axel
Written by
Gabriel Axel
Starring
Bibi Andersson, Stéphane Audran, Ghita Nørby, Jarl Kulle, Bodil Kjer, Birgitte Federspiel, Lisbeth Movin, Ebbe Rode
Music
Per Norgård
Cinematography
Henning Kristiansen
Runtime
103 min
Country
Denmark, France
Languages
Danish

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