International Film Series: Babette’s Feast (Denmark, 1987)

About the event

The School of Languages, Cultures and Race presents this year’s International Film Series “Would you give me the recipe?”: Cinematic Representations of Food, Cooking, Kitchens, and Restaurants. Today, Dr Insook Webber will present Babette’s Feast (Denmark, 1987), directed by Gabriel Axel. During the late 19th century, a strict religious community in a Danish village takes in a French refugee from the Franco-Prussian War as a servant to the late pastor’s daughters.

Food, the most mundane and necessary to sustain us daily, can turn into a magical experience. This film series invites you to experience this magic through these eight acclaimed films from diverse countries that capture precisely this universal human experience occasioned by food, transporting us from the real to a suspended présent of enchantment.

All films have English subtitles.

This series is open to the public for free.

The series will take place every Tuesday until March 4th. Find the full program here.