Like Water for Chocolate
2024 · TV Series · TV-MA · ★ 8.3 · 90% critics
A young woman is bound by strict family traditions that keep her from the person she loves. As she tries to choose between duty and desire, she pours her feelings into cooking, where flavors and a touch of magic become her refuge and her voice.
Based on Like Water for Chocolate
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Streaming on HBO Max.
10 hours to watch · 12 episodes.
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Details
- Original title
- Como agua para chocolate
- Years
- 2024–2026
- Release date
- 2024-11-03
- Network
- HBO Latin America, HBO Latino
- Language
- Spanish
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Max quality
- UHD
- Critic score
- 90/100
- TMDB rating
- 8.3/10 (252 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a passionate, food-filled romance with a magical touch and big emotions, especially if you liked Like Water for Chocolate (1992); Not for you if you need a faithful book adaptation.
Pros: emotional love story; strong chemistry; rich food and culture | Cons: strays from the book; setting feels off; uneven story choices
Themes
- based on novel or book
- cooking
- mexican revolution
- magic realism
- impossible love
- thoughtful
- mother daughter relationship
- vibrant
- mexican cooking
Cast & crew
Azul Guaita
as Tita De la Garza
Andres Baida
as Pedro Múzquiz
Irene Azuela
as Mamá Elena
Ana Valeria Becerril
as Rosaura De la Garza
Episodes2 seasons · 12 episodes
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