Like Water for Chocolate
“In Tita's kitchen, ordinary spices become a recipe for passion.”
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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Cast
28 people
Lumi Cavazos
Tita
Known for
LaLola
Bottle Rocket
Marco Leonardi
Pedro Muzquiz
Known for
Cinema Paradiso
From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter
Regina Torné
Mamá Elena
Known for
La Loba
Mario Iván Martínez
John Brown
Known for
Cronos
The Librarian: Quest for the Spear
Ada Carrasco
Nacha
Known for
Marimar
Rosa Salvaje
Yareli Arizmendi
Rosaura
Known for
The Big Green
A Day Without a Mexican
Claudette Maillé
Gertrudis
Known for
The House of Flowers
Capadocia
Pilar Aranda
Chencha
Farnesio de Bernal
Cura
Known for
Cronos
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
Joaquín Garrido
Sergeant Treviño
Known for
The Kids Are All Right
Solo
Margarita Isabel
Paquita Lobo
Known for
La Madrastra
Cronos
Sandra Arau
Esperanza
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Alfonso Arau Director · Laura Esquivel Screenplay Leo Brouwer Composer
Worldwide gross $22M · Budget $2M · United States release February 17, 1993
Box office
Budget
$2,000,000
Worldwide gross
$21,744,201
Gross vs. budget
10.9×
Production
Aviacsa
Production
Cinevista
Production
Miramax
Studio
Mexico
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Languages
Original title
Como agua para chocolate
Original language
Spanish
Spoken on screen
English · Spanish
Release dates
Mexico · November 29, 1991
Premiere · XXIV Muestra Internacional de Cine
Mexico · April 16, 1992
Theatrical
United States · February 17, 1993
Limited theatrical
United States
January 24, 1993 · Premiere · Sundance Film Festival
May 28, 1993 · Theatrical
Argentina
May 13, 1993 · Theatrical
Australia
October 7, 1993 · Theatrical
Brazil
August 22, 2005 · Physical · DVD
Canada
September 17, 1992 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
Denmark
January 28, 1994 · Theatrical
Finland
September 30, 1994 · Theatrical
France
July 7, 1993 · Theatrical
Germany
August 12, 1993 · Theatrical
Hungary
November 17, 1994 · Theatrical
Ireland
April 15, 1994 · Theatrical
Japan
June 12, 1993 · Theatrical
Netherlands
July 28, 1994 · Theatrical
Poland
January 27, 1994 · Theatrical
Portugal
May 28, 1993 · Theatrical
South Korea
June 5, 1993 · Theatrical
Sweden
April 9, 1993 · Theatrical
Türkiye
November 4, 1994 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
October 1, 1993 · Theatrical
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