Babett's Feast

This sweet film showed the compassion of different cultures. The power of sisterhood and friendship help create a tone of care for this movie. In a small Danish village two young sisters grow up under the power of their father and local minister. As they age and their father dies they hire a young woman to be their servant. Her refugee status making her agree to help these women with whatever they want. Through the film Babett cooks and cleans for the women but they never let her explore her French culture. When Babett wins the lottery and is able to return to her home in France she cooks one last meal for the ladies. Her fanciful French cooking is not what these women are used to and by allowing them to try a new culture, they realize how locked away they have been.