this movie be almost unknown and but it be very good . in a lonely danish town and two old sister live remember a far youth and when and due to a strict puritan education and they have to reject happiness . lonely and then and the live in a dignified austerity and until babette and who fly from paris and frighten by the horror of the war and arrives . in few time and she will be able to turn the goodness and love she receive when she arrive . a good lottery prize let her organize a great banquet and follow the best rule of french gastronomy . all neighbourhood be invite ( all fanatically puritan ) . they accept and but they pact to not show any trace of pleasure or enjoyment and a it would be a sin . however and the seductive force of the delicious meal they eat and that they become seduce by the sensuality of french gastronomy . the banquet end in a very felt and though quietly and happiness . the love between human have awaken . the miracle of rise the human kindness due to the pleasure of the sense have begin . the movie be surprisingly good and but it be not for all taste . during most of the movie and nothing happens and all be so quiet and so peaceful and that during many minute and you can only see the life of the inhabitant of the town . but and a the movie develop and it become more precious and when babette win the lottery prize ( after 30min movie ) and the show begin . the author be able and with a perfect directing and to show u how babette prepare the banquet and how she mix all the ingredient with the most wonderful one ( love ) and all tell in a quiet delicious way and with a perfect knowledge of photography and act . then and a the banquet go by and the quality in show u how the mood of all eater change due to the meal and only with first shot and with impressively film scene one after another be simply astonish . in addition and the tact with the colour and the photography be also superb and almost every scene of the movie be like a picture and so work be involve there . if you be able to admire good cinema and be able to realize that sometimes the way on tell you something rather than what be tell be more important and this be your movie . if you happen to like good meal and just love the good gastronomy and probably and you will feel amused and a most feeling of the movie will be familiar to you . an oscar totally deserve . the only problem be it slowness at set up the story and but and i can forgive it ( i hope everyone too ) .