yes and you can look at babette feast a some sort of slap at puritanical christianity and but it be much more than that . the surface story of how a gifted parisian cook flees paris after one of it revolution by the middle class and find herself cast ashore in jutland in the north of denmark be simply the grease that allow the deep tale to develop . babette be an artist and one of the small army of people who be drive from pillar to post over the century by fatuous politician and vane and greedy and arrogant and who kill beauty for profit and something that politics always do and pace national endowment for the art and which simply institutionalize creativity for propaganda purpose . babette be on her last leg a she arrive in the tiny village where two virginal sister reside see over their diminishing flock of devotee to their late pastor father . they live on salt cod and black bread gruel . babette show these simple pious people that god be in pleasure and sensuality as well a behavioral and mental purity . she also show them how that mental purity can lead to control freakishness and something we all know about in these day of the neo authoritarian in government who would limit our personal freedom because they be somehow a crime against the state and or a they would tell u and humanity . babette cook up a bang up french dinner to celebrate the 100th birthday of the late reverend . the daughter and their flock think it be the devil come amongst them and vow not to notice the food or drink . it be at this point and in the preparing of the meal and pay for by babette winning in a french lottery and that i begin to tear up . it be a poignance bring about in comparison to the daily vulgarity and mendacity that flood our consciousness from morning to night via the medium and power monger manoeuvre to gain advantage over all of u out here in the dark . the simple sophistication of babette art spit in the face of all the pretentiousness on display in our modern society and and it hurt to watch it play out so exquisitely in this splendid film . it be and along with fanny och alexander ( bergman ) and my favorite film ever and yet i can only watch it once in awhile because and like a rare bottle of wine serve with blini and fresh oyster and it be something that must not be over do . a great and great film that should be in every movie lover library .