Like Water for Chocolate
“In Tita's kitchen, ordinary spices become a recipe for passion.”
Director
Alfonso Arau
Screenplay / Story
Laura Esquivel
Music Composer
Leo Brouwer
Cinematography
Steven Bernstein
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.
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Production Budget
$2,000,000
Worldwide Box Office
$21,744,201
Original Language
ES
Production Country
Mexico
Content Rating
PG-13
Release Status
Released
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Top Cast
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