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"Like Water for Chocolate"
1992
Directed by Alfonso Arau

Told as a legendary love story, Like Water for Chocolate is a delicious, magical film about the power of a young woman's love.   Tita (Lumi Cavazos) is in love with Pedro (Marco Leonardi) but, bound by tradition, must remain unmarried to care for her aging mother (Regina Torne).  Pedro, unwilling to leave Tita's side, agrees to marry her older sister, Rosura (Yareli Arizmendi), instead.  Tita discovers that she has the power to greatly influence people with her recipes.  When her tears fall into the sugar of the wedding cake she is baking for Pedro and Rosura, the guests who eat the cake begin to weep uncontrollably. Written by Laura Esquivel and directed by her husband. Spanish with English subtitles.
105 minutes.