like water for chocolate by laura esquivel

One day Pedro brings Tita a bouquet of roses to celebrate Tita being the head cook. Some time later Rosaura becomes pregnant. Tita finds Nacha dead on the floor holding a picture of her husband. It is implied that the rumours about Elena's affair are true. Overcome with this sadness Elena rushes to her bedroom and tearfully looks at the photo of a well-dressed mulatto man. As the guests eat the wedding cake, everyone is overcome with great sadness for lost lovers and begins to cry, followed by vomiting. Suspicious that Tita and Pedro are having an affair, Elena says Tita must stay away from Pedro. During the wedding reception Pedro tells Tita of his true feelings. While cooking the wedding cake Tita cries into the batter. Nacha tells Tita but she is too upset to believe it. Nacha overhears Pedro tell his father that he is marrying Rosaura only in order to stay close to Tita. Rosaura is delighted, Tita is devastated and Gertrudis and Chencha (a maid) are disappointed. Elena explains why Tita is not allowed to marry and offers Rosaura instead. On Tita's birthday, Pedro arrives with his father, Don Pascual Muzquiz, to ask for her hand. Years later a young man named Pedro Muzquiz professes his love and desire to marry Tita, who feels the same way about Pedro. Tita learns to infuse her emotions into food. Nacha takes charge of teaching Tita how to cook food in flavorful ways. Tita's sisters, Rosaura and Gertrudis, will be allowed to marry. During the funeral Elena explains to Nacha that she can no longer have children and the family tradition dictates that Tita, being the youngest child, cannot marry but must take care of her mother until her death. Shortly afterwards Elena's husband dies of a heart attack when a stranger viciously tells him that his wife had an affair and the second daughter isn't his. Tita's mother, Elena, gives birth on the kitchen table, assisted by the cook, Nacha. She begins a story with the birth of a girl named Tita. Plot Ī woman named Tita living in the early 1900s experiences the struggles of love, family dynamics and family tradition.Ī young lady is cutting onions, expressing the influences of emotions and cooking. The film was selected as the Mexican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 65th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. The film became the highest-grossing foreign-language film ever released in the United States at the time.

It earned ten Ariel Awards including the Best Picture and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film. 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.

105 minutes (USA), 123 minutes (Mexico), 143 minutes (original cut)

Like water for chocolate by laura esquivel