Like Water for Chocolate

Director: Alfonso Arau Alfonso Arau

Overview

Based on the novel by Laura Esquivel, Alfonso Arau's mystical fable stars Lumi Cavazos as Tita, a young turn-of-the-century Mexican woman who falls in love with Pedro Muzquiz (Mario Loenardi); not only does Tita's mother Elena (Regina Torne) not allow her daughter to marry, but she also offers Pedro the hand of oldest daughter Rosaura (Yareli Arizmendi). Pedro agrees to marry Rosaura, but only to stay close to Tita; she, on the other hand, channels all of her energies into her cooking, with surprising results.

Product Details

Release Date:	01/12/2021
UPC:	0032429350848
Original Release:	1993
Rating:	R
Source:	PARAMOUNT
Language:	English
Time:	1:45:00
Sales rank:	29,942

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Lumi Cavazos	Tita de la Garza
Marco Leonardi	Pedro Muzquiz
Mario Ivan Martinez	Actor
Ada Carrasco	Nacha
Yareli Arizmendi	Rosaura
Pilar Aranda	Chencha
Farnesio DiBernal	Priest
Rodolfo Arias	Juan Alejandrez
Margarita Isabel	Paquita Lobo
Sandra Arau	Esperanza
Garcia C. Andres	Alex
Regino Herrera	Nicolas
Genaro Aguirre	Rosalio
David Ostrosky	Juan de la Garza
Brigida Alexander	Aunt Mary
Amado Ramirez	Pedro's Father,Great Niece--Narrator
Socorro Rodriguez	Paquita's Friend
Rafael Garcia Zuazua	Godfather
Rafael Garcia Zuazua Jr.	Young Alex
Edurne Ballesteros	Young Tita
Claudette Maillé	Gertrudis
Regina Torné	Mama Elena
Joaquín Garrido	Sergeant Trevino
Andrés García Jr.	Actor
M. Martinez	John Brown
Farnesio DeBernal	Cura
Regino Herrerra	Nicolas
Regina Torne	Actor
Leo Brouwer	Composer

Technical Credits

Laura Esquivel

Alfonso Arau	Director,Producer,Executive Producer
Raul Falomir	Special Effects
Javier Lambert	Stunts
Laura Esquivel	Screenwriter
Oscar Castillo	Executive Producer

Editorial Reviews

Mexican director Alfonso Arau hit upon a recipe for success when he whipped up this tasty mixture of magical realism and spicy romanticism. An art house favorite based on a novel by Arau's then-wife Laura Esquivel, Like Water for Chocolate traces the unusual aftermath of a love affair thwarted by an old Mexican custom. Because she is the youngest daughter in her family, Tita (Lumi Cavazos) must renounce her beloved and remain forever single, in order to devote herself solely to her mother's care. But Tita's repressed passion comes out in her cooking, and all who partake of her luscious dishes find themselves deeply and erotically affected. The film's atmospheric photography (by Steven Bernstein and Emmanuel Lubezki) evokes a world gloriously transformed by the power of food and desire. Clever and enchanting Like Water for Chocolate is a delicious fairytale that owes as much to Federico Garcia Lorca as it does to Romeo and Juliet.