Wellfleet Public Library

Beautiful but pious sisters Martine and Philippa grow to spinsterhood under the wrathful eye of their strict pastor father on the forbidding and desolate coast of Jutland, until one day, Philippa's former suitor sends a Parisian refugee named Babette to serve as the family cook. Babette's lavish celebratory banquet tempts the family's awindling congregation, who abjure such fleshly pleasures as fine foods and wines. Adapted from a short story by Isak Dinesen, Babette's Feast was the first Danish winner of the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

Director: Gabriel Axel,1987, Danish/French/Swedish

102 minutes