Set in revolutionary Mexico, this is an intergenerational family saga of forbidden love, slapstick humor, magical realism and luscious food. Based on the internationally bestselling novel.
Travel the globe with our World Cinema series. Come watch these bittersweet, rollicking romances for adults from Norway, Mexico, and Australia on a big screen and share the laughs with others around you! No registration required.
Like Water for Chocolate (Como agua para chocolate). Rated R. Runtime: 1 hour 45 minutes. Mexico, 1993. In Spanish with English subtitles. Check out the trailer here!
Nominated for the BAFTA Award and Golden Globe Award for best foreign language picture of the year. Based on the internationally bestselling novel by Laura Esquivel.
"Food and passion create a sublime alchemy in "Like Water for Chocolate," a Mexican film whose characters experience life so intensely that they sometimes literally smolder."—The New York Times
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