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Like Water For Chocolate [1992]
from Arrow Films
starring Marco Leonardi, Lumi Cavazos, Regina Torne, Mario Ivan Martinez
directed by Alfonso Arau

Features:

• PAL

Editorial Review:

Expect to be very hungry (and perhaps amorous) after watching this contemporary classic in the small genre of food movies that includes Babette's Feast and Big Night. Director Alfonso Arau (A Walk in the Clouds), adapting a novel by his former wife, Laura Esquivel, tells the story of a young woman (Lumi Cavazos) who learns to suppress her passions under the eye of a stern mother, but channels them into her cooking. The result is a steady stream of cuisine so delicious as to be an almost erotic experience for those lucky enough to have a bite. The film's quotient of magic realism feels a little stock, but the story line is good and Arau's affinity for the sensuality of food (and of nature) is sublime. You might want to rush off to a good Mexican restaurant afterward, but that's a good thing. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• absolutely mouth watering
  this was a fantastic film. Totally moving and emotional and i loved the story. The constant referral to gorgeous food did make my mouth water constantly and i was also bowled over by the gorgeous love story that played out before my eyes. A lovely treat to watch and it made my love of foreign films even more overpowering!

• Superb love story
  This film is an old mexican Romeo and Juliet... The way Laura Esquivel relates love with food is something else!! I recommend this film 100%

• A Bit Dispappointed!
  I have to say that "Like Water for Chocolate" is one of my most favourite books of all time. But after watching the film version, I have to say that if I had watched the film first, then I probably wouldn't have read the book. Its really sad because the film really doesn't do the story justice. There's so much more to the story than is shown in the film, and a lot of it is a bit difficult to understand, especially if you haven't read the book beforehand. I'd definitely recommend reading the book instead, or... more info

• lots of tissues needed
  I cried and cried. This is a beautiful film. A must for romantic couples

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