![]() ![]() But he also gets what it’s about completely right, and that’s what makes it so perfect for Thanksgiving 2016.īabette’s Feast, based on a story by Isak Dinesen, is about a sect of austere, severe religious people living on a remote Denmark coast in the 19th century. This doesn’t surprise me in the least Pope Francis seems like exactly the sort of person who would love this movie. ![]() According to the Catholic website Aleteia, “Pope Francis compared the rigid behavior of those opposed to his ecumenical outreach to the rigid townspeople portrayed in Babette’s Feast.” ![]() Turns out it’s one of Pope Francis’s favorite movies as well - just last week, he brought it up again in an interview with the Italian paper Avvenire. Gabriel Axel’s film is not just one of the most jubilant, open-hearted films I’ve seen, but it also has the best feast scene in cinematic history. When it’s feasting season - say, a Thanksgiving feast and days of leftovers - that’s a sign it’s time to return to Babette’s Feast, the classic Danish film that won an Oscar in 1988. The movie of the week for November 20 through 26 is Babette’s Feast (1987), which is available to digitally rent on Amazon and iTunes. ![]() What you can count on is a weekend watch that sheds new light on the week that was. Old, new, blockbuster, arthouse: They’re all fair game. Every weekend, we pick a movie you can stream that dovetails with current events. ![]()
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