MOVIE
Like Water for Chocolate
“In Tita's kitchen, ordinary spices become a recipe for passion.”
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.
Release / first air1992-04-16
Original languageES
GenresDrama, Romance
DirectorAlfonso Arau
WriterLaura Esquivel
Budget$2,000,000
Revenue$21,744,201
ProductionAviacsa, Cinevista
Cast & Crew
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Lumi CavazosTita
Marco LeonardiPedro Muzquiz
Regina TornéMamá Elena
Mario Iván MartínezJohn Brown
Ada CarrascoNacha
Yareli ArizmendiRosaura
Claudette MailléGertrudis
Farnesio de BernalCura
Joaquín GarridoSergeant TreviñoKeywords
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