Babette's Feast(1987)
Artistic, sensual and sacred passions unite in Babette's Feast.
A French housekeeper with a mysterious past brings quiet revolution in the form of one exquisite meal to a circle of starkly pious villagers in late 19th century Denmark.
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Babette Hersant
Filippa
Martine
Gen. Lorens Löwenhielm
Achille Papin
Swedish Lady-in-Waiting
Narrator (voice)
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