

Like Water for Chocolate
"In Tita's kitchen, ordinary spices become a recipe for passion."
Overview
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.
Movie Details
Budget
$2.0M
$2,000,000
Revenue
$21.7M
$21,744,201
Languages
English
+1 more
Studio
Aviacsa
+1 more
Key Crew

Alfonso Arau
Director

Alfonso Arau
Producer

Laura Esquivel
Screenplay
Cast

Lumi Cavazos
Tita

Regina Torné
Elena

Ada Carrasco
Nacha

Marco Leonardi
Pedro Muzquiz

Mario Iván Martínez
Doctor John Brown

Claudette Maillé
Gertrudis

Yareli Arizmendi
Rosaura

Joaquín Garrido
Sergeant Treviño
Pilar Aranda
Chencha

Rodolfo Arias
Juan Alejándrez

Margarita Isabel
Paquita Lobo

Farnesio de Bernal
Cura
Sandra Arau
Esperanza Muzquiz

Andrés García Jr.
Alex Brown

Arcelia Ramírez
Great Granddaughter / Narrator (voice)