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Like Water for Chocolate

7.319921h 45m14AMovieDramaRomance

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.

DirectorAlfonso Arau
WriterLaura Esquivel
ProducerAlfonso Arau

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Cast · Directed by Alfonso Arau

LCLumi Cavazos
Lumi Cavazos
Tita
MLMarco Leonardi
Marco Leonardi
Pedro Muzquiz
RTRegina Torné
Regina Torné
Mamá Elena
MMMario Iván Martínez
Mario Iván Martínez
John Brown
ACAda Carrasco
Ada Carrasco
Nacha
YAYareli Arizmendi
Yareli Arizmendi
Rosaura
CMClaudette Maillé
Claudette Maillé
Gertrudis
PA
Pilar Aranda
Chencha
FBFarnesio de Bernal
Farnesio de Bernal
Cura
JGJoaquín Garrido
Joaquín Garrido
Sergeant Treviño
MIMargarita Isabel
Margarita Isabel
Paquita Lobo
SA
Sandra Arau
Esperanza

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