Stars: Marco Leonardi, Lumi Cavazos, Regina Torne, Mario Ivan Martinez

Director: Alfonso Arau

Summary: Tita, the youngest daughter of a Mexican family is destined to spend her entire life looking after her mother. Tradition has it that the youngest daughter must never marry. But Tita falls in love and her boyfriend Pedro asks for her hand. The family offer him the second eldest daughter and he accepts... Spanish dialogue with subtitles.

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Expect to be very hungry (and perhaps amorous) after watching this contemporary classic in the small genre of food movies that includes Babette's Feastand 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

Main Language:	Spanish
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Trailer, Photo Gallery
Subtitles:	English
Year:	1992
Release Date:	September 19, 2005
Runtime:	109 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	F C D 223
Keywords:	Like, Subtitled, Comedy, General, Chocolate, Water, Romantic, Spanish, Drama
Genre:	Comedy