Babette's Feast HD New Master Edition

[Machine Translation] The digitally remastered version of this unforgettable masterpiece, which portrays the ideal world of women living in the harvest season of their lives, has been revived. Gabrielle Axel, who has dramatized numerous literary works to great acclaim, has carefully adapted Karen Blixen's original story, which is so famous that it is even featured on Danish banknotes, into a film. The contrast between the quiet first half of the film and the second half, which continues with descriptions of delicious-looking dinner party food, is a quietly moving masterpiece. --In a small fishing village in Denmark in the late 19th century, two elderly sisters are living modestly, following in the footsteps of their father, who was a pastor. One day, a French woman comes to visit them. Babette lost her family in the Paris uprising (Paris Commune). She works for the sisters as a maid, but one day she wins a large sum of money from a lottery ticket she bought by chance. Babette, who used to be a famous chef in a Parisian restaurant, plans to spend her winnings on a sumptuous dinner...

Special Feature / Bonus Track: interview with cast, trailers

人生の収穫期を生きる女性たちの理想郷を滋味深く描いた、心に残る名作が、デジタル・リマスター版にてよみがえる。デンマークの紙幣にもなる程著名な女流作家カレン・ブリクセンの原作を、数々の文芸作品をドラマ化し高い評価を受けたガブリエル・アクセルが丁寧に映画化。物静かな前半部分と、美味しそうな晩餐会の料理の描写が続く後半との対比が静かな感動を呼ぶ傑作。――19世紀後半、デンマークの小さな漁村で牧師だった父の遺志を継ぎ慎ましく生きる初老の姉妹。ある日、彼女たちのもとにひとりのフランス人女性がやって来る。パリ市の動乱(パリ・コミューン)で家族を失ったバベット。彼女はメイドとして姉妹に仕えるが、ある日偶然買った宝くじで大金を手にする。かつてパリのレストランの名シェフだったバベットは、賞金を使って豪華なディナーを計画するが・・・。

特典: ステファーヌ・オードラン(バベット役) インタビュー映像(6:52)、BFI版予告編(1:32)、オリジナル版予告編(3:24)