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Classic Food Films: Babette's Feast and Tampopo with 1 wild card movie

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Babette's Feast (1987) is a classic Danish film featuring French dishes after a long wait for that feast to happen. I was not able to snap some lines I liked ( just quoting as I remembered): "No artist is poor." "I will leave forever and will not return. I learned that in this world, there are things that are impossible" he spoke of pursuing his love  Then 25 years after, the man returned and on his way asked "Will the rows of all victories in the past become a sum of defeat now?" While eating in the feast, he declared that we make choices, we risk, we fear but in the end our choices is unimportant because grace is infinite, unconditional." "Righteousness and bliss shall kiss each other." Before leaving again, he said "You are with me every day, I hope you know that, and you will be with me for the rest of my waking hours." In this film, one sees that food can be a vehicle for renewing relationship, asse...