Extended Reading
  • Helmer 2022-03-22 09:02:30

    Film Review 1 Kindness and truth meet, justice and bliss kiss

    A movie that I wanted to watch a second time immediately after watching it once, but I watched it three times and watched many details repeatedly. I went for a high-scoring food movie, but I didn't expect any surprises.

    Let's start with Lorens, a young man who became a general.

    The beauty of the...

  • Gail 2022-03-25 09:01:16

    Desire and Devotion

    Bottom line:
    A group of ascetic Puritans in a small Danish town who refuse to love pure love and show their God-given talents in front of everyone, because anything beyond the law of obedience can lead to loss. However, when Babette entertained everyone with her own feast, everyone's face was ruddy...

  • Lew 2022-03-24 09:03:03

    [EU Film Festival] It is a blessing to be able to eat at a table. Food dissolves the mind.

  • Brenda 2022-03-20 09:02:25

    Ascetics do not necessarily go to heaven, and gluttons are not indulgences.

Babette's Feast quotes

  • Young Lt. Lorens Löwenhielm: I am going away forever - and I shall never, never see you again. For I have learned here that life is hard and cruel and that in this world there are things that are - impossible.

  • Swedish Lieutenant: Lorens, how can a lieutenant of the Hussars let himself be defeated and disarmed by...

    Young Lt. Lorens Löwenhielm: By some long-faced sectarians who can't even afford salt for their soup? I can't forget the image of that lovely maiden.

    Swedish Lieutenant: You're a dreamer, Lorens.

    Young Lt. Lorens Löwenhielm: But I'd prefer to be like you. I will forget all that happened on the west coast. From now I shall look forward, not backward. I will think of nothing buy my career and someday I will cut a brilliant figure in the great, wide world.