Like Water for Chocolate
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Alfonso Arau
Lizet Martinez
Rafael Garcia Zuazua
Neatriz Elias
Max Geturino
Pilar Aranda
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Story of forbidden love that takes place on a ranch in Mexico near the Texas border in 1910, during the Mexican Revolution. Pedro wishes to marry Tita, the youngest of three daughters of a willful widow on a remote ranch, but tradition dictates that the youngest daughter can never marry--she must cook and care for her mother. To remain near his true love, Pedro marries Tita's oldest sister, and Tita establishes a highly unusual sensual relationship with Pedro through the food she prepares for him.
Director
Alfonso Arau
Cast
Lizet Martinez
Rafael Garcia Zuazua
Neatriz Elias
Max Geturino
Pilar Aranda
David Mckinney
Marco Leonardi
David Ostrosky
Indira Sanchez
Jose Garcia
Mario Ivan Martinez
Stacey Ashabranner
Margarita Isabel
Ryan Manti
Maria R Flores
Javier Mares
Francisco Romero
Edurne Ballesteros
Melissa Nickliff
Joaquin Garrido
Hayde J Rodriguez
Angel Sierra
Ada Carrasco
Sandra Arau
Jaime R Rodriguez
Billy Jagnes
Lumi Cavazos
Jaime J Martinez
Gabriela P Detejada
Maria G Pineda
Fune Kohlman
Teodoro Bastida
Jose Antonio Hernandez
Gabriela Canudas
Alfredo P Detejada
Regina Torne
Juan Murillo
Rafael Garcia Zuazua
Victor M Gomez
Javier Gutierrez
Miguel Mares
Melisa Mares
Mary Beth Awyer
Andres Garcia C
Rodolfo Mejia
Ricardo Mendoza
Guillermo Sauceda
Roberto Diaz
Mario Vasquez
Osvaldo Martinez
Lorena Villarreal
Estela Lopez R
Teresa Ross
Luis A Munoz
Socorro Rodriguez
Jose F Lopez
Claudette Maillé
Regino Herrera
Farnesio Dibernal
Yareli Arizmendi
Natalia De La Fuente
Jesus Aguilar
Genaro Aguirre
Brigida Alexander
Jorge Vizales
Rogelio Cornejo
Rodolfo Arias
Arcelia Ramirez
Artemio Cruz
Bo Hatch
K Wickliff
Amado Ramirez
Susana Garcia C
Juan A Ramos
Sonia Ruiz
Crew
Victor Orozco Cruz Abeyro
Alfredo Amezcua Alcaraz
Alfonso Arau
Carlos Arau
Emilia Arau
Emilia Arau
Marco Antonio Arteaga
Luis Miguel Auza
Leticia Avalos
Juan Carlos Arnau Avila
Jenny Ayala
Alejandro Baez
Victor Balderas
Gabriela Barraza
Eduardo Barrientos
Claudia Becker
Juan Manuel Belmont
Steven Bernstein
Eliseo Mendoza Berrueto
Carlos Bolado
Ignacio Borja
Federico Brizuela
Leo Brower
Carlos Brown
Wilebaldo Bucio
Agustin Calderon
Jaime Cardenas
Eduardo Castaneda
Oscar Castillo
Angeles Castro
Juan Castro
Gonzalo Ceja
Jorge Cer Vera
Penelope Cer Vera
Pablo Chavez
Alejandro Chilpa
Francisco Chiu
Francisco Chiu
Pedro Joaquin Coldwell
Claudia Cordova
Terry Cowen
Armando Cruz
Alfonso De Lara Haro
Mauricio Deaguinaco
Farnesio Debernal
Enrique Del Van Blanco
Sergio Del Villar
Adriane Deleon
Manuel Delgado
Humberto Dominguez
Jesus Dominguez
Sandra Escobedo
Leticia Espinosa
Sergio Espinoza
Laura Esquivel
Laura Esquivel
Laura Esquivel
Lucero Esquivias
Carlos Falomir
Raul Falomir
Felipe Fernandez Del Paso
Jesus Flores
Pedro Raul Flores
Carlos Gallardo
Benjamin Gamino
Jorge Garcia
Julieta Garcia
Maria Ines Garibay
Gonzalo Gavira
Samanta Gomez
Sergio Gonzalez
Alfonso Granados
Oscar Guarin
Porfirio Guillen
Carlos Guisa
Enrique Gutierrez
Pablo Herrero
Manuel Hinojosa
Francisco Icaza
Igor Jadue-lillo
Alejandra Jimenez
Maureen Jimenez
Felipe Valdez Leal
Marco Julio Linares
Pedro Lira
Victor Lira
Ignacio Duran Loera
Apolinar Lopez
Aurelio Lopez
Aurelio Lopez
Ismael Orozco Loreto
Antonio Lozano
Emmanuel Lubezki
Oscar Lugo
Stephen Lytle
Susana Mailen
William Markle
Elias Martel
Enoc Martinez
Mauricio Martinez
Emilio Mendoza
Esteban Mendoza
Ricardo Mendoza
Ricardo Morales
Marta Garate Munoz
Roz Naylor
Victor Flores Olea
Israel Orozco
Norma Rodriguez Orozco
Andres Ortega
Hector Ortega
Jose L Ortega
Arturo Ortiz
Alfonso Esparza Oteo
Jose Alfonso Palacios
Maribel Perez
Laura Pesce
Denise Pizzini Robinson
Manuel M Ponce
Annette Pradera
Juan C Prieto
Fernando Villarreal Puga
Jorge Ramirez
Alejandro Pelayo Rangel
Pedro Reyes
Claudio Rocha
Francisco Rodriguez
Humberto Soto Rodriguez
Javier Lambert Rodriguez
Gabriel Romo
Jose Luiz Ruiz
Manuel Sainz
Moises Salazar
Yossy Salazar
Ricardo Saldivar
Carlos Salgado
Aurora Sanchez
Mariana Sanchez De Antunano
Rafael Santamaria
Alejandro Santillan
Eric Sanudo
Gerardo Segura
Arturo Saavedra Sola
Pedro Somohano
Santa Sorola
Eduardo Soto
Silvana Suanetti
Pierre Tatarka
Julian Tejeda
Richard Tolentino
Margarita Torres
Moises Trujillo
Belinda Uriegas
Francisco Espejel Vargas
Walter Vargas
Rene Vazquez
Isabel Mascorro Velarde
Arturo Velazquez
Robert Villafuerte
Robert Warmflash
Marcos Welch
Liza Willer
Quirino Mendoza Y Cortez
Victor Hugo Zagal
Felipe Zavala
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Nominated by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for a Golden Globe (1992) award for best foreign film.
Nominated for a 1993 Spirit Award by the Independent Feature Project/West for best foreign film.
The Country of Mexico
Winner of ten Ariel awards from the Mexican film industry, including best picture.
Expanded Release in United States March 12, 1993
Released in United States 1992
Released in United States April 1992
Released in United States August 1996
Released in United States February 26, 1993
Released in United States January 1993
Released in United States October 1992
Released in United States on Video August 24, 1994
Released in United States September 1992
Released in United States Winter February 17, 1993
Re-released in United States April 22, 1994
Shown at Chicago International Film Festival October 9-25, 1992.
Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival January 7-17, 1993.
Shown at Tokyo International Film Festival (in competition) September 25 - October 4, 1992.
Shown at Toronto Festival of Festivals September 10-19, 1992.
Shown at VIII Festival de Cine Mexicano in Guadalajara April 1992.
Based upon Laura Esquivel's best-selling novel of the same name, published in the USA by Doubleday October 1992.
Began shooting February 18, 1991.
Completed shooting May 10, 1991.
Released in United States 1992 (Shown at Tokyo International Film Festival (in competition) September 25 - October 4, 1992.)
Released in United States January 1993 (Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival January 7-17, 1993.)
Released in United States January 1993 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (The Pan American Highway Revisted) January 21-31, 1993.)
Released in United States Winter February 17, 1993
Released in United States February 26, 1993 (Los Angeles)
Expanded Release in United States March 12, 1993
Released in United States April 1992 (Shown at VIII Festival de Cine Mexicano in Guadalajara April 1992.)
Re-released in United States April 22, 1994
Released in United States August 1996 (Shown in Los Angeles (American Cinematheque) as part of program "A Tribute to Alfonso Arau In-Person" August 2-16, 1996.)
Released in United States on Video August 24, 1994
Released in United States September 1992 (Shown at Toronto Festival of Festivals September 10-19, 1992.)
Released in United States October 1992 (Shown at Chicago International Film Festival October 9-25, 1992.)
