Week 2 - Babette's Feast

There are many interesting aspects of the movie “Babette’s Feast”. One of these very interesting aspects is the main idea of the “Power of Food and the Protestant Ethics”. The main part of this idea that is important in this movie is the way of life that the two sisters have. They have an extremely simple way of living and so food is something that they can truly experiment with. When Babette shows up at their house and she offers to be their maid basically working for free, this really sounds appealing to the two sisters, Martine and Filippa. The sisters honestly do not get that creative when it comes to the food they are making on a daily basis. With all of that being said, Babette coming into their lives is truly a great thing. This is because they now have more interesting dishes being served to them in their house. When she (Babette) wants to serve a very fancy French dish to the two sisters and the churchgoers, this definitely comes as a shock because the sisters do not want everyone else to know that Babette is actually an incredible cook. When it comes to the Protestant Ethics, this is a very interesting subject as well. Protestant Ethics basically state that there must be a very strong work ethic and also frugality when it comes to a person’s values. As it relates to the film, the sisters, Martine and Filippa, were definitely very frugal when it came to their ways of living. In terms of the food that they would eat on a daily basis, it was very basic without many extravagant flavors. As a whole, the movie was interesting in the ways that food and the ethics were compared. I would be interested to somehow see a remake of some kind.