Como agua para chocolate (1992)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Director:

Alfonso Arau

Writers:

Laura Esquivel (novel)
Laura Esquivel (screenplay)

Release Date:

17 February 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

A feast for the senses!

Plot:

This movie is about how life used to be in Mexico. It is a love story between Pedro and Tita, and why...

Plot Keywords:

Love | Mexico | Marriage | Wedding | Wedding Cake

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 21 wins & 8 nominations

Cast

Marco Leonardi	...	Pedro Muzquiz
Lumi Cavazos	...	Tita
Regina Torné	...	Mamá Elena
Mario Iván Martínez	...	Doctor John Brown
Ada Carrasco	...	Nacha
Yareli Arizmendi	...	Rosaura
Claudette Maillé	...	Gertrudis
Pilar Aranda	...	Chencha
Farnesio de Bernal	...	Cura
Joaquín Garrido	...	Sargento Treviño
Rodolfo Arias	...	Juan Alejándrez
Margarita Isabel	...	Paquita Lobo
Sandra Arau	...	Esperanza Muzquiz
Andrés García Jr.	...	Alex Brown
Regino Herrera	...	Nicolás

Also Known As:

Like Water for Chocolate (International: English title)

Runtime:

105 min | Mexico:113 min (R Rated NTSC Version)

Country:

Mexico

Language:

Spanish | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | Portugal:M/12 (Qualidade) | South Korea:18 | Philippines:R-18 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | Finland:K-14 | Germany:12 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R | Singapore:M18

Filming Locations:

Ciudad Acuña, Coahuíla, Mexico

Company:

Arau Films Internacional

Trivia:

An aspiring filmmaker from Texas, who was not involved with the project, was able to spend time on set, because he was in town shooting a small budget ($5,000) full-length feature film for the Spanish home video market. That young filmmaker was Robert Rodriguez, and the film was El Mariachi, which would go on to become a hit at Sundance and launch his career.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: Reflected in a window during a dolly shot as Tita leaves the table while everyone eats their cake.

Quotes:

Nacha: You will be so beautiful that the first boy who sees you will want to marry you.
Mamá Elena: Nacha! Don't say that. As my youngest daughter, Tita will care for me until the day I die. She won't marry.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "CSI: NY: Like Water for Murder (#4.17)" (2008)

A visually exciting, intensely erotic movie

This is a wonderful, fanciful and very erotic movie. It is a rare film that is as good as the book on which it is based. It was a wise decision to have Laura Esquivel, the author of the book, write the screenplay. The story contains so much fantasy, I thought it might be very difficult to translate it sucessfully to the screen, but the results are superb.

The scene in which Tita's sister is so aroused after eating Tita's Rose Petal soup that she literally burns down their outdoor shower from her body heat and then runs naked across the plain only to be scooped up and carried away on horseback by a bandit is one of the sexiest moments ever put on film.

This movie is not for everyone, but if you enjoy erotic (but NOT pornographic) fantasy, try "Like Water for Chocolate"!