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2 videodiscs (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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Criterion collection #665
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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 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
Adapted from a story by Isak Dinesen
originally released as a motion picture in 1987
Special features: new interview with Stephane Audran ; Karen Blixen: storyteller, a 1995 documentary about the author ; visual essay by Michael Almereyda ; interview with sociologist Priscilla Prkhurst Ferguson ; trailer ; booklet featuring an essay by film scholar Mark Le Fanu
Stephane Audran, Jarl Kulle, Bodil Kjer, Birgitte Federspiel
MPAA rating: G; for mild frightening scenes, violence, usage of alcohol and smoking
DVD, widescreen (1.66:1) aspect ratio, Dolby digital 2.0 Surround
Danish, French or Swedish dialogue; English subtitles