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.
Title | Like Water for Chocolate |
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Year | 1992 |
Genre | Drama, Romance |
Country | Mexico |
Studio | Aviacsa, Cinevista |
Cast | Lumi Cavazos, Regina Torné, Ada Carrasco, Marco Leonardi, Mario Iván Martínez, Claudette Maillé |
Crew | Alfonso Arau (Director), Alfonso Arau (Producer), Emmanuel Lubezki (Director of Photography), Steven Bernstein (Director of Photography), Laura Esquivel (Novel), Laura Esquivel (Screenplay) |
Keyword | jealousy, sibling relationship, based on novel or book, cooking, marriage, mexican revolution, platonic love, wedding, single mother, magic realism, former lovers, lovers separated, mexican cooking recipes |
Release | Apr 16, 1992 |
Runtime | 105 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 7.28 / 10 by 468 users |
Popularity | 41 |
Budget | 2,000,000 |
Revenue | 21,744,201 |
Language | English, Español |