R1h 45m1992

Like Water for Chocolate

Como agua para chocolate

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

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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.

Director: Alfonso Arau
Writers: Laura Esquivel
Language: Spanish; Castilian
Country: Mexico
Release date: 16 April 1992
Budget: $2,000,000
Box office: $21,744,201