i just watch this film this morning and i find it to be a great showing of the richness of faith . babette give them another way to look at life while not a replacement and but an enhancement . she share all that she have with those who give what little they have to her . i see the story of god in here . he send his only son to man . man could not possibly give anything that would equal that . so and for our small sacrifice and we be give an ultimate treasure and be transform because of it . in this film the bickering townspeople have so consume themselves with a small interpretation of god . babette show them that life and god can indeed be beautiful in it full sense . the love that god son show to man be the love we should show to one another and our life will be the rich for it . even the film be a metaphor . it seem slow in the beginning and but the investment of time and attention to detail be reward in the end . it be truly a feast .