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Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate

Like Water for Chocolate

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

Genres

DramaRomance

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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.

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Budget

$2000000

Revenue

$21744201

Status

Released

Original Language

Spanish

Runtime

105 mins

Rating

7.276/10

Release Date

16 April 1992

Country

Mexico

Cast

Lumi Cavazos

Lumi Cavazos

Tita

Regina Torné

Regina Torné

Elena

Ada Carrasco

Ada Carrasco

Nacha

Marco Leonardi

Marco Leonardi

Pedro Muzquiz

Mario Iván Martínez

Mario Iván Martínez

Doctor John Brown

Claudette Maillé

Claudette Maillé

Gertrudis

Yareli Arizmendi

Yareli Arizmendi

Rosaura

Joaquín Garrido

Joaquín Garrido

Sergeant Treviño

Pilar Aranda

Pilar Aranda

Chencha

Rodolfo Arias

Rodolfo Arias

Juan Alejándrez

Margarita Isabel

Margarita Isabel

Paquita Lobo

Farnesio de Bernal

Farnesio de Bernal

Cura

Sandra Arau

Sandra Arau

Esperanza Muzquiz

Andrés García Jr.

Andrés García Jr.

Alex Brown

Arcelia Ramírez

Arcelia Ramírez

Great Granddaughter / Narrator (voice)

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