Babette's Feast

                  Food can be a very powerful substance. It can be used to express emotions and to bring people together. In Babette’s Feast, Babette decides to cook a real French feast for the Dean’s 100^th anniversary after she learned that she had won the lottery. Hesitant, the sisters agree but are worried that it will be a sin to indulge in such foods. They and the entire town vow to never speak of the food to avoid sinning.

However, instead of representing sin, the food has a different role. During the feast, the brothers and sisters talk, something they do not usually do. The food lifts their spirits and they tell stories of the past. The people become more open. Instead of representing sin, the food, in a way, represented a higher power.