BABETTES GAESTEBUD

En la Dinamarca del siglo XIX, dos hermanas ancianas viven en un pueblo aislado con su padre, el honorable pastor de una pequeña iglesia protestante. Babette, una mujer francesa que huye de la justicia, llega a su puerta, les ruega que la acojan y se compromete a trabajar para ellas como criada, ama de llaves y cocinera. Poco después de morir su padre, las hermanas deciden celebrar una cena para conmemorar el centenario del nacimiento de su padre. Babette, antigua “chef de cuisine” del Cafe Anglais, preparará un banquete que vencerá la recalcitrante gravedad luterana y su concepción del placer como algo unido al pecado.

In 19th century Denmark, two adult sisters live in an isolated village with their father, the honoured pastor of a small Protestant church. A French woman fleeing from justice, Babette, arrives at their door, begs them to take her in, and commits herself to work for them as maid/housekeeper/cook. Sometime after their father dies, the sisters decide to hold a dinner to commemorate the 100th anniversary of his birth. Babette, the former “chef de cuisine” of Cafe Anglais, will make a feast which will overcome the recalcitrant Lutheran gravity and their conception of pleasure as something closely related to sin.