Como agua para chocolate = Like water for chocolate / [presented by] Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y Las Artes [and others] ; en asociación con Cinevista Inc. [and others] ; guion cinematografico, Laura Esquivel ; produccion y direccion, Alfonso Arau.

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Romantic fantasy set in Mexico during the early 20th century. A young couple is blocked from marrying by the demands of the young woman's cold and selfish mother. To be near his love, the young man marries her sister, and she expresses her passion for him through her cooking.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Como agua para chocolate (Motion picture)
Corporate Authors: Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm)
Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes (Mexico)
Touchstone Home Video (Firm)
Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm)
Cinevista (Firm)
Other Authors: Esquivel, Laura, 1950-
Arau, Alfonso
Leonardi, Marco, 1971-
Cavazos, Lumi, 1969-
Torné, Regina
Carrasco, Ada
Martínez, Mario Iván
Maille, Claudette, 1964-
Arizmendi, Yareli
Ramírez, Arcelia
Lubezki, Emmanuel
Brouwer, Leo, 1939-
Bernal, Farnesio de
Language:Spanish
English
Language and/or Writing System:
In Spanish with English subtitles, or dubbed in English. Closed-captioned.
Published: Burbank, Calif. : Touchstone Home Video : Miramax Home Entertainment : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, [2000?]
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Love > Drama.
Cooking, Mexican > Drama.
Families > Mexico > Drama.
Mexico > Drama.
Amor > Teatro.
Cocina mexicana > Teatro.
Familia > México > Teatro.
México > Teatro.
Esquivel, Laura, > 1950- > Film adaptations.
Feature films > Mexico.
Foreign language films > Spanish.
Feature films.
Motion pictures, Mexican.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Drama.
Film adaptations.
Esquivel, Laura, > 1950-
Cooking, Mexican.
Families.
Love.
Mexico.
Genre:
Film adaptations.
Drama.
Teatro.
Feature films
Foreign language films
Feature films.
Motion pictures, Mexican.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Like water for chocolate. [Parallel title]
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Romantic fantasy set in Mexico during the early 20th century. A young couple is blocked from marrying by the demands of the young woman's cold and selfish mother. To be near his love, the young man marries her sister, and she expresses her passion for him through her cooking.
Note:Based on the novel by Laura Esquivel.
Originally released as a Mexican motion picture in 1992.
"Widescreen (1.85:1)"--Container.
Videorecording.
Call Number:AF9 D0001870 VideoDVD
Audience:
MPAA rated R for sexuality.
ISBN:0788816829
9780788816826
Credits:Cinematography, Emmanuel Lubezki and Steve Bernstein ; editing, Carlos Bolado and Francisco Chiu ; music, Leo Brower ; choreography, Farnesio de Bernal.
System Details:DVD; NTSC; region 1; stereo, 2.0 Dolby surround.
Cast:
Marco Leonardi, Lumi Cavazos, Regina Torne, Ada Carrasco, Mario Ivan Martinez, Claudette Maille, Yareli Arizmendi, Arcelia Ramirez.