Babette’s Feast (1987)

A devout religious community is forced to confront its rigid beliefs when an unexpected source of pleasure – food – disrupts its austere way of life. After all, nothing dismantles bigotry quite like joy. 

A beloved Danish classic, Babette’s Feast premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. It follows Babette, a French immigrant who finds refuge in a remote Scandinavian village. With her, she brings the sensual delights of French cuisine, tempting the repressed townspeople who struggle to resist – but the body often understands what the spirit denies. A tender yet profound cinema masterpiece, Babette’s Feast is a joyous toast to the transformative power of pleasure – a moving, quiet revolution against repression.