Like Water for Chocolate (1992)

04/16/1992 (MX) • 1h 45m

Drama, Romance

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

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$2,000,000.00

Revenue

$21,744,201.00

Keywords

jealousy

sibling relationship

based on novel or book

cooking

marriage

mexican revolution

platonic love

wedding

single mother

magic realism

former lovers

lovers separated

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