Como agua para chocolate (Like Water for Chocolate)

Title: Como agua para chocolate (Like Water for Chocolate)
Released: 1992

Plot Summary

Very rarely does a film do justice to the book on which it's based, but, en mi opinión humilde, the movie Like Water for Chocolate does a great job. Perhaps one of the most well known Spanish-language films in the US that brings to mind the Latin American twist on Magical Realism, the story is about Tita and Pedro, a young couple who fall in love but are not able to marry because of Tita's family tradition. Pedro instead marries Tita's older sister as a way to be near Tita. Tita, who grew up in the kitchen helping and learning from her family cook Nacha, pours her passion into cooking which has a magical way of affecting her dinner guests.

Language Learning Notes

Some scenes can be difficult to understand since the film takes place in Mexico circa 1934, but the narrator speaks clearly throughout the film. The film is definitely a good way to expand your food vocabulary!