Babette's Feast
1987 film by Gabriel Axel / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Babette%27s Feast?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
Babette's Feast (Danish: Babettes Gæstebud) is a 1987 Danish drama film directed by Gabriel Axel. The screenplay, written by Axel, was based on the 1958 story of the same name by Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen). It was produced by Just Betzer, Bo Christensen and Benni Korzen, with funding from the Danish Film Institute. It stars Stéphane Audran, Birgitte Federspiel, and Bodil Kjer.
Babette's Feast | |
---|---|
Directed by | Gabriel Axel |
Screenplay by | Gabriel Axel |
Based on | Babette's Feast 1958 story by Isak Dinesen |
Produced by | Just Betzer Bo Christensen Benni Korzen Pernille Siesbye |
Starring | Stephane Audran Birgitte Federspiel Bodil Kjer |
Narrated by | Ghita Nørby |
Cinematography | Henning Kristiansen |
Edited by | Finn Henriksen |
Music by | Per Nørgård |
Production company | |
Release date |
|
Running time | 102 minutes |
Country | Denmark |
Languages | Danish Swedish French |
Box office | $4.4 million (US)[1] |
Babette's Feast was met with widespread critical acclaim and became the first Danish film to win the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.[2] It was also the first Danish cinema film of a Blixen story.
The film premiered in the Un Certain Regard section of the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.[3]