* Babette's meal is so good, that it helps the parishioners get over their resentments and forgive one another.
* The sisters, who had bade the parishioners not to mention the food, immediately go back on their words to tell Babette how much they and the others enjoyed the food.
* The last words in the film when one of the sisters says, "In Paradise, you shall be the great artist that God intended you to be. And oh, how you shall please the angels!"
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