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Like Water for Chocolate

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Like Water for Chocolate
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R,1hr 53min
Genres:
Drama,Romance
Release:
1993
Director:
Alfonso Arau
Distributor:
Walt Disney Video
Starring:
Lumi Cavazos, Mario Leonardi, Marco Leonardi  ...more
Synopsis: Based on the best-selling novel by Laura Esquival, this internationally popular romantic fable from Mexico centers on a young woman who discovers that her cooking has magical effects. The tale's heroine, Tita, is the youngest of three daughters in a traditional Mexican family. Bound by tradition to remain unmarried while caring for her aging mother, Tita nevertheless falls in love with a handsome young man named Pedro. Pedro returns her affection, but he cannot overcome her family's disapproval, ... Full Synopsis
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Andrea LeVasseur, AMG Review
Beautifully executed in the Latin storytelling tradition of magic realism, Like Water for Chocolate is a romantic drama that ultimately falls back into a Cinderella myth. Director Alfonso Arau shows the domestic chores and duties of the ranch with a commonplace realism, occasionally lapsing into fantasy sequences for the surreal events that are being cooked up. In one instance, the long-suffering Tita ... Full Review
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Lumi Cavazos
Tita de la Garza
Mario Leonardi
Pedro Muzquiz
Marco Leonardi
Pedro Muzquiz
Regina Torne
Mama Elena
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Lumi Cavazos: Cavazos shot to stardom in the haunting Mexican love-fable "Like Water for Chocolate"...
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