Like Water for Chocolate (1992)

Original title

Como agua para chocolate

Directed by

Alfonso Arau

Genre

drama film, romance film, melodrama, magic realist film

Country

Mexico

Runtime

1h 53m

Rated

R

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 560 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman in early 20th century Mexico is forbidden from marrying her true love and instead must care for her mother. She channels her emotions into cooking, and her dishes cause anyone who eats them to feel what she felt.

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What happens

Like Water for Chocolate (Spanish: Como agua para chocolate) is a 1992 Mexican romantic drama film produced and directed by Alfonso Arau, and written by Laura Esquivel, who adapted her 1989 debut novel. It earned 10 Ariel Awards including the Best Picture, and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The film became the highest-grossing foreign-language film ever released in the United States at the time. The film was selected as the Mexican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 65th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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