Like Water for Chocolate (1992)
In Tita's kitchen, ordinary spices become a recipe for passion.
Synopsis
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
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Lumi Cavazos
as Tita
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Marco Leonardi
as Pedro Muzquiz
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Regina Torné
as Mamá Elena
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Mario Iván Martínez
as John Brown
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Ada Carrasco
as Nacha
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Yareli Arizmendi
as Rosaura
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Claudette Maillé
as Gertrudis
- Pilar Aranda as Chencha
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Farnesio de Bernal
as Cura
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Joaquín Garrido
as Sergeant Treviño
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Margarita Isabel
as Paquita Lobo
- Sandra Arau as Esperanza
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Rodolfo Arias
as Juan Alejándrez
- Andrés García Jr. as Alex Brown
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Arcelia Ramírez
as Bisnieta
- Regino Herrera as Nicolás
- Genaro Aguirre as Rosalio
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David Ostrosky
as Juan de la Garza
Crew
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Alfonso Arau
Director
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Emmanuel Lubezki
Director of Photography
- Steven Bernstein Director of Photography
- Carlos Bolado Editor
- Francisco Chili Editor
- Leo Brouwer Original Music Composer
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Alfonso Arau
Producer
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Laura Esquivel
Screenplay
