Like Water for Chocolate (Como agua para chocolate) 32 years old

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

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.

Credits

Like Water for Chocolate Cast

Name Character
Lumi Cavazos She was 24, now 55 years old as Tita
Yareli Arizmendi She was 28, now 60 years old as Rosaura
Marco Leonardi He was 21, now 52 years old as Pedro Muzquiz
Ada Carrasco She was 79, 81 years old when she died as Nacha
Regina Torné She was 47, now 80 years old as Elena
Margarita Isabel She was 50, 74 years old when she died as Paquita Lobo
Joaquín Garrido He was 40, now 72 years old as Sergeant Treviño
Arcelia Ramírez She was 24, now 56 years old as Great Granddaughter / Narrator (voice)
Claudette Maillé She was 27, now 60 years old as Gertrudis
Mario Iván Martínez He was 31, now 62 years old as Doctor John Brown
Andrés García, Jr. He was 23, now 56 years old as Alex Brown
Farnesio de Bernal as Cura

Like Water for Chocolate Crew

Name Department
Steven Bernstein as Director of Photography. He was 43 (now 74) years old Camera
Claudia Becker as Casting. Production
Denise Pizzini as Settings. Art
Laura Esquivel as Novel. She was 42 (now 74) years old Writing
Laura Esquivel as Screenplay. She was 42 (now 74) years old Writing
Farnesio de Bernal as Choreographer. Crew
Carlos Bolado as Editor. He was 28 (now 60) years old Editing
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Like Water for Chocolate (32 years)

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

  • Release day: Thursday, April 16, 1992
  • Runtime: 105 minutes
  • Budget: 2000000.00
  • Revenue: 21744201.00