Like Water for Chocolate
1992 · Movie · R · 105 min · ★ 7.3 · 87% critics
In early-1900s Mexico, a young woman is forbidden by her controlling mother to marry the man she loves, even as he becomes part of the family through another marriage. She pours her longing and heartbreak into cooking, and her dishes begin to carry powerful feelings to everyone who tastes them.
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Details
- Original title
- Como agua para chocolate
- Years
- 1992
- Release date
- 1992-04-16
- Language
- Spanish
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Critic score
- 87/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.3/10 (556 votes)
About
If you enjoy sweeping, bittersweet romance mixed with magical touches, family duty, and food-driven emotion, this may click for you; Not for you if you dislike soap-opera melodrama or need strict realism, like in High Fidelity.
Pros: lush romantic atmosphere; magical food moments; rich family drama | Cons: uneven pacing; melodramatic turns; book fans disappointed
Themes
- jealousy
- sibling relationship
- based on novel or book
- cooking
- marriage
- mexican revolution
- platonic love
- wedding
- single mother
- magic realism
- former lovers
- lovers separated
Awards & recognition
- International Submission to the Academy Awards · 1993 · nominated
Cast & crew
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
Claudette Maillé
as Gertrudis
- PA
Pilar Aranda
as Chencha
Farnesio de Bernal
as Cura
Joaquín Garrido
as Sergeant Treviño
Directed by Alfonso Arau