Babette's Feast

Adapted from a story by Isak Dinesen, Gabriel Axel's deeply beloved tale of sensual pleasure is at once a rousing paean to artistic creation, a delicate evocation of divine grace, and the ultimate film about food. This Oscar-winning cinematic treasure centers on a French housekeeper with a mysterious past who brings quiet revolution in the form of one exquisite meal to a circle of starkly pious villagers in late nineteenth-century Denmark.