Babette is a refugee from Paris who flees to a small ultrapuritan Danish community to work as a cook. Their only diet is one of ale-bread and fish soup, so when she offers to prepare a feast they are determined not to enjoy it. Oscar winning film whose style changes to fit the mood of the plot.
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BIG NIGHT (1996)
Certification15 Our Rating
Appetisingly authentic Italian-American 1950s foodie comedy. Primo and Secondo are chasing the American dream, but while Primo is king in the kitchen, his brother's struggling to keep the restaurant afloat, whilst juggling his girlfriend with his secret lover, and they're all in for a big night!
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LA GRANDE BOUFFE (1973)
Certification18 Our Rating
Ferreri's outrageous and satirical farce, with four bored rich and repressed men hellbent on killing themselves in a protracted orgy of eating and sex. Life bores them, and maybe death will provide a release. Shades of Sade and an obvious influence on Greenaway. Both funny and distasteful. Top!
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LIFE IS SWEET (1991)
Certification15 Our Rating
Mike Leigh serves up another delicious slice of frighteningly real British family life. Alison Steadman is outstanding as the suburban mother of teenage twin daughters, one a plumber, the other a heavily depressed and anti-social bulimic. Stark, hilarious, tragic but ultimately uplifting. Brilliant British film making.
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THE COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE AND HER LOVER (1989)
Certification18 Our Rating
Every night the sadistic, tasteless thief dines in the most extravagant restaurant, whilst the wife meets the lover in the "bathroom". A savage indictment of 1980s Britain (champagne louts) and a gastronomic nightmare amongst a lavish set with camerawork to match. This film has a profound impact.
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THE SCENT OF GREEN PAPAYA (1993)
CertificationU Our Rating
A superb and involving drama, exquisitely filmed, set in 50s Saigon. We follow the silently beautiful Mui in her capacity as servant girl to a rich family. The family's financial difficulties mean she must leave the only life she knows but the change brings love. Achingly, painfully beautiful.
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