Drama ·Romance · Mexico · 1992 · 1h 45m

Like Water for Chocolate

Como agua para chocolate

Like Water for Chocolate poster
Director
Alfonso Arau
Cast
Lumi Cavazos as Tita Marco Leonardi as Pedro Muzquiz Regina Torné as Mamá Elena Mario Iván Martínez as John Brown Ada Carrasco as Nacha Yareli Arizmendi as Rosaura
Crew
Steven Bernstein — Director of Photography Emmanuel Lubezki — Director of Photography Carlos Bolado — Editor Francisco Chili — Editor Leo Brouwer — Original Music Composer Laura Esquivel — Screenplay
Tagline

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

Synopsis

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.

Trailer Like Water for Chocolate — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
jealousysibling relationshipbased on novel or bookcookingmarriagemexican revolutionplatonic loveweddingsingle mothermagic realismformer loverslovers separated
Key Collaborators
Alfonso Arau Director Steven Bernstein Director of Photography Emmanuel Lubezki Director of Photography Carlos Bolado Editor Francisco Chili Editor Leo Brouwer Original Music Composer Laura Esquivel Screenplay Laura Esquivel Novel Alfonso Arau Producer Carlos Brown Costume Design
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