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Like Water for Chocolate

Name: Like Water for Chocolate
Director: Alfonso Arau
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1992-04-16
Duration: 105 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Lumi Cavazos, Marco Leonardi, Regina Torné, Mario Iván Martínez, Ada Carrasco

In Tita's kitchen, ordinary spices become a recipe for passion.

1992
1h 45m
Drama
Romance
★ 7.3

Directed by Alfonso Arau

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About Like Water for Chocolate

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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