Babette’s Feast Trailer – Directed by Gabriel Axel and starring StÉphane Audran, Bodil Kjer, Birgitte Federspiel, Jarl Kulle, Jean-Philippe Lafont. In 19th century Denmark, two adult sisters live in an isolated village with their father, who is the honored pastor of a small Protestant church that is almost a sect unto itself. Although they each are presented with a real opportunity to leave the village, the sisters choose to stay with their father, to serve to him and their church.
James and Thomas discuss Babette’s Feast, an Oscar-winning religious classic directed by Gabriel Axel and based on a short story by Karen Blixen. (This is apparently Pope Francis’s favorite film.) Two elderly sisters in a small Danish village have spent their lives praying, caring for the poor, and tending to the small, quasi-Puritan sect founded by their late father. When their French cook, Babette, asks if she can make a feast in honor of their father’s centenary, their faith is challenged and their souls are enlivened by the revelation that beauty too is a means by which God draws us closer to Him. Next time, we will be discussing Stanley Kubrick’s 2001:A Space Odyssey. Go watch it, then join in the discussion in our Facebook group: / catholicpods LINKS Read the original Karen Blixen short story https://stonesoup.com/wp-content/uplo… Painting mentioned, Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer above the Sea of Fog https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wandere… Subscribe to Criteria: The Catholic Film Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast… RSS feed: https://criteria.libsyn.com/rss Music: The Duskwhales, “Take It Back”, used with permission. https://theduskwhales.bandcamp.com/
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