Join Slow Food North Louisiana at the Robinson Film Center for a delicious French meal prepared by Executive Chef Niema DiGrazia and Chef de Cuisine Matthew DiGrazia of Abby Singer’s Bistro followed by a screening of charming Danish film Babette’s Feast.
Beautiful but pious sisters Martine and Philippa grow to spinsterhood under the wrathful eye of their strict pastor father on the forbidding and desolate coast of Jutland, until one day, Philippa's former suitor sends a Parisian refugee named Babette (Stéphane Audran) to serve as the family cook. Babette's lavish celebratory banquet tempts the family's dwindling congregation, who abjure such fleshly pleasures as fine foods and wines. Comedy/Romance, 1987, 1 hr 42 min., G.
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Tickets must be purchased before 3 p.m. on the day of the event. Theater seats will be reserved. Dinner will be served at 6:00 in RFC’s events space on the second floor — doors open at 5:45. The movie will follow in RFC’s events space.
Tickets are $40 general admission and $35 for Robinson Film Center members. Cash bar available.