Pelikula @ Titus Brandsma presents Bon Appétit

Pelikula @ Titus Brandsma
presents
"Bon Appétit"
December 9, 2006, 1pm onwards

Pelikula @ Titus Brandsma
Sequence:

1) "Eat, Drink, Man, Woman"
2) "Babette's Feast"
3) "Pieces of April"

"Eat, Drink, Man, Woman" (Yin shi nan nu) (1994)
Ang Lee, Taiwan/USA
123 mins. In Mandarin with English subtitles

Senior Master Chef Chu lives in a large house in Taipei with his three unmarried daughters, Jia-Jen, a chemistry teacher converted to Christianity, Jia-Chien, an airline executive, and Jia-Ning, a student who also works in a fast food restaurant. Life in the house revolves around the ritual of an elaborate dinner each Sunday, and the love lives of all the family members.

Babette's Feast (Babettes gaestebud) (1987)
Gabriel Axel, Denmark
102 mins.
In Danish/Swedish/ French with English subtitles

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. After some years, a French woman refugee, Babette, arrives at their door, begs them to take her in, and commits herself to work for them as maid/housekeeper/ cook. Sometime after their father dies, the sisters decide to hold a dinner to commemorate the 100th anniversary of his birth. Babette experiences unexpected good fortune and implores the sisters to allow her to take charge of the preparation of the meal. Although they are secretly concerned about what Babette, a Catholic and a foreigner, might do, the sisters allow her to go ahead. Babette then prepares the feast of a lifetime for the members of the tiny church and an important gentleman related to one of them.

Pieces of April (2003)
Peter Hedges, USA
80 mins.

April Burns (Holmes) invites her family to Thanksgiving dinner at her teeny apartment on New York's Lower East Side. As they make their way to the city from suburban Pennsylvania, April must endure a comedy of errors - like finding out her oven doesn't work - in order to pull off the big event.

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Pelikula @ Titus Brandsma
This isn't in anyway compulsory but any kind of food contribution
to our December potluck treat in between screenings would be most
welcome.