Daily Dialogue — April 17, 2019

Babette: I have a favor to ask, ladies.
Martine: Certainly, Babette.
Filippa: Sit down, Babette.
Babette: I’d like to prepare the celebration dinner for the pastor’s birthday by myself.
Martine: But dear Babette, we didn’t intend to give a dinner party. My sister and I were thinking of a modest supper followed by a cup of coffee.
Filippa: You know we’ve never offered our guests anything more.
Babette: I’d like to prepare a French dinner.
Martine: A French dinner?
Filippa: A French dinner?

— Babette’s Feast (1987), screenplay by Gabriel Axel, short story by Karen Blixen

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Dessert.

Trivia: Favorite film of Pope Francis.

Dialogue On Dialogue: This movie is a joy and the dessert (pictured above) is only the capstone of an incredibly visually delicious “French dinner.”