Skip to main content
Thursday, May 8 | 7 PM

Babette's Feast

Screening on 35mm | Part of "The Ingredients of Life: NONNAS and Other Appetizing Tales at the Paris"
TICKETS
FORMAT
35MM
RUNTIME
1h 44m
RATING
G
DIRECTOR
Gabriel Axel
CAST
Stephane Audran, Birgitte Federspiel, Bodil Kjer
SYNOPSIS

35mm print! At once a rousing paean to artistic creation, a delicate evocation of divine grace, and the ultimate film about food, the Oscar-winning Babette’s Feast is a deeply beloved treasure of cinema. Directed by Gabriel Axel and adapted from a story by Isak Dinesen, it is the lovingly layered tale of a French housekeeper with a mysterious past who brings quiet revolution in the form of one exquisite meal to a circle of starkly pious villagers in late nineteenth-century Denmark. Babette’s Feast combines earthiness and reverence in an indescribably moving depiction of sensual pleasure that goes to your head like fine champagne.

CAST
Stephane Audran, Birgitte Federspiel, Bodil Kjer
SYNOPSIS

35mm print! At once a rousing paean to artistic creation, a delicate evocation of divine grace, and the ultimate film about food, the Oscar-winning Babette’s Feast is a deeply beloved treasure of cinema. Directed by Gabriel Axel and adapted from a story by Isak Dinesen, it is the lovingly layered tale of a French housekeeper with a mysterious past who brings quiet revolution in the form of one exquisite meal to a circle of starkly pious villagers in late nineteenth-century Denmark. Babette’s Feast combines earthiness and reverence in an indescribably moving depiction of sensual pleasure that goes to your head like fine champagne.

MORE IN THIS SERIES
Previous
Next
The Ingredients of Life: NONNAS and Other Appetizing Tales at the Paris
The Paris Theater is proud to present a mouth-watering menu of cinema’s most delectable explorations of the culinary arts, including a sneak preview of NONNAS!
DETAILS
 

TICKETS

GETTING TICKETS...

SCHEDULE

SELECT DATE

TODAY

CURRENTLY NO SHOWINGS

PLEASE SELECT ANOTHER DATE