Table Scraps: Notes on Babette's Feast

★★★★★

English / 26 MIN. / 2013

The Genres

The Synopsis

In this essay on Babette's Feast, filmmaker Michael Almereyda charts the path from Isak Dinesen’s story to Gabriel Axel’s film, taking detours along the way into art history, philosophy, and the author’s life in Africa.

Table Scraps: Notes on Babette's Feast

The Genres

The Synopsis

The Cast

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