Like Water for Chocolate (Como agua para chocolate) (1992)

Pop Culture Phenomenon Films: 90’s (1929 movies items)

" Tita and Pedro want to get married, but Tita has to take care of her ageing mother and is not allowed to marry. Pedro ends up marrying Tita's sister, but lets Tita know he only married her sister to be closer to her. When Tita is forced to make the wedding cake, the guests at the wedding are overcome with sadness... Tita has discovered she can do strange things with her cooking. Based on the novel by Laura Esquivel, the film was a critical success, and a decent financial success. The film "

Películas en Español (172 movies items)

"México"

“(OK) 2 1/2 stars just to say that Arau adds nothing to corny in essence material. The mother is the best character but the rebellion of the others takes too much and too long...the sex/food topic doesn't convince...” read more

150 From Around The World: My Fave Foreign Films (150 movies items)

"Tita and Pedro are a young couple deeply in love with each other. However, as the youngest daughter of a traditional Mexican family, Tita's clandestined obligations prevent her from ever entering the institution of marriage. It is a frustration which reveals itself as a preternatural ability for cooking food that, when consumed, results in not your normal post gastronomical behavior. Thus begins a complex, passionate, forbidden affair that flows like "water for chocolate". And what does that "

Foreign Language Oscar Submissions - MEXICO (50 movies items)

"1992 65th Academy Awards Not Nominated"

30 From 92: My Favorite Films From 1992 (30 movies items)

"Tita and Pedro are a young couple deeply in love with each other. However, as the youngest daughter of a traditional Mexican family, Tita's clandestined obligations prevent her from ever entering the institution of marriage. It is a frustration which reveals itself as a preternatural ability for cooking food that, when consumed, results in not your normal post gastronomical behavior. Thus begins a complex, passionate, forbidden affair that flows like "water for chocolate". And what does that "