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Like Water for Chocolate

Como agua para chocolate

C 1992 1 h 45 min
73%
Audience score574 votes on TMDB

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

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
Screenplay
Laura Esquivel
Status
Released
Release date
16/04/1992
Original language
Spanish
Budget
US$ 2 M
Box office
US$ 22 M

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