Like Water for Chocolate (1993)

  • R
  • 02/17/1993 (US)
  • Drama, Romance
  • 1h 45m

In Tita's kitchen, ordinary spices become a recipe for passion.

Overview

Tita is passionately in love with Pedro, but her controlling mother forbids her from marrying him. When Pedro marries her sister, Tita throws herself into her cooking and discovers she can transfer her emotions through the food she prepares, infecting all who eat it with her intense heartbreak.

Alfonso Arau

Director

Laura Esquivel

Novel, Screenplay

Cast

Lumi Cavazos's headshot

Lumi Cavazos

Tita
Regina Torné's headshot

Regina Torné

Elena
Ada Carrasco's headshot

Ada Carrasco

Nacha
Marco Leonardi's headshot

Marco Leonardi

Pedro Muzquiz
Mario Iván Martínez's headshot

Mario Iván Martínez

Doctor John Brown
Claudette Maillé's headshot

Claudette Maillé

Gertrudis
Yareli Arizmendi's headshot

Yareli Arizmendi

Rosaura
Joaquín Garrido's headshot

Joaquín Garrido

Sergeant Treviño

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