

Like Water for Chocolate
Original Title: “Como agua para 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.
Top Cast

Lumi Cavazos
Tita

Marco Leonardi
Pedro Muzquiz

Regina Torné
Mamá Elena

Mario Iván Martínez
John Brown

Ada Carrasco
Nacha

Yareli Arizmendi
Rosaura

Claudette Maillé
Gertrudis
Pilar Aranda
Chencha

Farnesio de Bernal
Cura

Joaquín Garrido
Sergeant Treviño

Margarita Isabel
Paquita Lobo
Sandra Arau
Esperanza
Key Film Crew
Production Stats
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