Film

Like Water for Chocolate

1992 · 1h 45m · Drama · Romance

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

IMDb

7.1

Rotten Tomatoes

88%

Metacritic

86

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.

Lumi Cavazos

Tita

Marco Leonardi

Pedro Muzquiz

Regina Torné

Mamá Elena

Mario Iván Martínez

John Brown

Ada Carrasco

Nacha

Yareli Arizmendi

Rosaura

Claudette Maillé

Gertrudis

Pilar Aranda

Chencha

Farnesio de Bernal

Cura

Joaquín Garrido

Sergeant Treviño

Margarita Isabel

Paquita Lobo

Sandra Arau

Esperanza

Rodolfo Arias

Juan Alejándrez

Andrés García Jr.

Alex Brown

Arcelia Ramírez

Bisnieta

Regino Herrera

Nicolás

• Alfonso ArauDirector · Producer
• Laura EsquivelNovel · Screenplay
• Emmanuel LubezkiDirector of Photography
• Steven BernsteinDirector of Photography
• Leo BrouwerOriginal Music Composer
• Carlos BoladoEditor
• Francisco ChiliEditor
• Claudia BeckerCasting
• Felipe FernandezCasting

Like Water for Chocolate (1992) ORIGINAL TRAILER [HD 1080p]

Release date

April 16, 1992

Status

Released

Original language

Spanish

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

R

Budget

$2,000,000

Revenue

$21,744,201

Genres

Drama, Romance

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