Babette's Feast.Babette's Feast (Orion Classic, 1987) The granddaddy of all Eucharist films, Gabriel Dixon's translation of Isak Dinesen's novel to the big screen has been played for more church groups than Pachelbel's Canon Pachelbel's Canon (also known as Canon in D major, or, more formally, Canon and Gigue in D major for three Violins and Basso Continuo (Kanon und Gigue in D-Dur für drei Violinen und Basso Continuo . Two Danish sisters caring for the aging flock of their deceased father's parish take in a French Catholic refugee as their cook and servant. But Babette can cook more than the simple fare these two Marthas provide their charges, and when the exiled chef of Paris' "Cafe Anglais" wins a national lottery National Lottery n → Lotto nt , she creates a banquet of heavenly heav·en·ly adj. 1. Sublime; delightful; enchanting. 2. Of or relating to the firmament; celestial: the sun, the moon, and other heavenly bodies. 3. delights that warm the hearts and souls of her mistresses and gives us a taste of holy communion communion: see Eucharist; Lord's Supper. . * * * * |
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