Rent Like Water for Chocolate (1992)
3.7 of 5 from 98 ratings
1h 46min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
In a Mexican border town in 1910, neighbours Pedro and Tita wish to marry, but Tita's mother Elena refuses to give her consent, since she wants her youngest daughter to stay living with her as a full-time carer. So Pedro marries Tita's sister Rosario instead - and Tita pours her innermost feelings into her cooking, triggering similar responses in anyone who samples it, whether lovelorn grief or overwhelming passion. But Tita's concoctions are just one of many magical-realist touches in this sensuous and intoxicating film, which offsets the real-life historical background of the Mexican Revolution with tales of ghosts, mysterious lights and an ancient legend that claims that human beings are essentially matches, combustible at any moment when given the right trigger. - Actors:
- Marco Leonardi, Lumi Cavazos, Regina Torné, Mario Iván Martínez, Ada Carrasco, Yareli Arizmendi, Claudette Maillé, Pilar Aranda, Farnesio de Bernal, Joaquín Garrido, Rodolfo Arias, Margarita Isabel, Sandra Arau, Andrés García Jr., Regino Herrera
- Directors:
- Alfonso Arau
- Producers:
- Alfonso Arau
- Writers:
- Laura Esquivel
- Aka:
- Como Agua Para Chocolate
- Studio:
- Arrow Films
- Genres:
- Drama, Romance
- Collections:
- All the Twos: 1972-2012, A Brief History of Film..., What to Watch Next If You Liked Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
- Countries:
- Mexico
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 02/03/2015
- Run Time:
- 106 minutes
- Languages:
- Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Extra Commentary with Director and Cast
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