this film say everything there be to say about religion i wish it be require view for all bigot and would be clericals . the story and set in a turn of the century danish village be about two very religious sister whose late father be a rigid priest who discourage all their dream of love and explore the world and it many beauty . they be now old and their life and beauty spent . their quiet new help whom they teach to cook be babette ( play by the lovely stephane audran who grace so many of her husband claude chabrol film ) . the life in the village be simple and the stark direction reflect that . when babette win the lottery and she request a chance to prepare a feast a true labour of love . the course of the feast and it chief guest reveal message of love and spirituality and how there be many way to love god and life . this be a must see for the devotion with which babette prepare the feast and for the speech the general give at the end . possibly the best international film of the 1980 .