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Like Water for Chocolate

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

Film19921h 45mReleased

DramaRomance
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Director
Alfonso Arau
Language
Spanish
Released
1992-04-16
Runtime
1h 45m

Community score

7.3560 votes on TMDB

Confidence

Rating weighted by how many people voted

7.0

The story

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.

Cast

  • Lumi Cavazos
    Lumi CavazosTita
  • Marco Leonardi
    Marco LeonardiPedro Muzquiz
  • Regina Torné
    Regina TornéMamá Elena
  • Mario Iván Martínez
    Mario Iván MartínezJohn Brown
  • Ada Carrasco
    Ada CarrascoNacha
  • Yareli Arizmendi
    Yareli ArizmendiRosaura
  • Claudette Maillé
    Claudette MailléGertrudis
  • Pilar Aranda — artwork unavailable
    Pilar ArandaChencha
  • Farnesio de Bernal
    Farnesio de BernalCura
  • Joaquín Garrido
    Joaquín GarridoSergeant Treviño