Released
Like Water for Chocolate
April 16 1992 (over 32 years ago)Rating
Based on
462 reviews
In Tita's kitchen, ordinary spices become a recipe for passion.
- Director: Alfonso Arau
- Writer: Laura Esquivel
- Genres: Drama, Romance
- Runtime: 1 h 45 m
- Budget: $2,000,000
- Box office: $21,744,201
- Country: Mexico
- Companies: Aviacsa, Cinevista
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.