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Like Water for Chocolate (Spanish: Como agua para chocolate) is a 1992 Mexican romantic drama film in the style of magical realism based on the debut novel of the same name published in 1989 by Mexican novelist Laura Esquivel.
Like Water for Chocolate (Spanish: Como agua para chocolate) is a novel by Mexican novelist and screenwriter Laura Esquivel. It was first published in Mexico in 1989. The English version of the novel was published in 1992.
- Laura Esquivel
- 1989
Jan 1, 2001 · The number one bestseller in Mexico and America for almost two years, and subsequently a bestseller around the world, Like Water For Chocolate is a romantic, poignant tale, touched with moments of magic, graphic earthiness, bittersweet wit - and recipes.
- (369.1K)
- 1989
- Laura Esquivel
- Paperback
May 28, 1993 · Like Water for Chocolate: Directed by Alfonso Arau. With Marco Leonardi, Lumi Cavazos, Regina Torné, Mario Iván Martínez. When tradition prevents her from marrying the man she loves, a young woman discovers she has a unique talent for cooking.
- (19K)
- Drama, Romance
- Alfonso Arau
- 1993-05-28
The youngest daughter in her family, the beautiful Tita (Lumi Cavazos) is forbidden to marry her true love, Pedro (Marco Leonardi). Since tradition dictates that Tita must care for her mother ...
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- Lumi Cavazos
- Alfonso Arau
- Arau Films Internacional
Like Water For Chocolate tells the story of Tita De La Garza, the youngest daughter in a family living in Mexico at the turn of the twentieth century. Tita's love, Pedro Muzquiz, comes to the family's ranch to ask for Tita's hand in marriage.
Full Book Analysis. Like Water For Chocolate can be distilled into the stories of two women, Tita De La Garza and her mother, the formidable Mama Elena. The trajectory of their struggle against one another is the axis around which the entire novel turns.
