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Like water for chocolate [videorecording] = Como agua para chocolate / Miramax Films ; Arau Films International ; screenplay by Laura Esquivel based on her novel ; produced and directed by Alfonso Arau.

Como agua para chocolate (parallel title)
Arau, Alfonso, (film director,, film producer.). Leonardi, Marco, 1971- (actor.). Cavazos, Lumi, 1969- (actor.). Torné, Regina, (actor.). Carrasco, Ada, (actor.). Martínez, Mario Iván, (actor.). Maille, Claudette, 1964- (actor.). Arizmendi, Yareli, (actor.). Ramírez, Arcelia, (actor.). Lubezki, Emmanuel, (cinematographer.). Brouwer, Leo, 1939- (composer (expression)). Bernal, Farnesio de, (choreographer.). Esquivel, Laura, 1950- Como agua para chocolate. (Added Author). Arau Films Internacional (Firm), (production company.). Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Firm), (film distributor.). Miramax Films. (Added Author). Miramax Home Entertainment (Firm), (publisher.). Touchstone Home Video (Firm), (publisher.). Marco Leonardi, Lumi Cavazos, Regina Torne, Ada Carrasco, Mario Ivan Martinez, Claudette Maille, Yareli Arizmendi, Arcelia Ramirez. (Cast).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780788816826
  • ISBN: 0788816829
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 105 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Widescreen.
  • Publisher: Burbank, California : Touchstone Home Video : [2000]
  • Distributor: California : Buena Vista Home Entertainment.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Based on the novel by Laura Esquivel.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1992.
Title from container.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Cinematography, Emmanuel Lubezki and Steve Bernstein ; editing, Carlos Bolado and Francisco Chiu ; music, Leo Brower ; choreography, Farnesio de Bernal.
Participant or Performer Note:
Marco Leonardi, Lumi Cavazos, Regina Torne, Ada Carrasco, Mario Ivan Martinez, Claudette Maille, Yareli Arizmendi, Arcelia Ramirez.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: R, for sexuality.
System Details Note:
DVD; NTSC; region 1; 2.0 Dolby surround sound; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation.
Language Note:
In Spanish with English subtitles, or dubbed in English. Closed-captioned.
Awards Note:
Golden Ariel Award (Alfonso Arau)
Silver Ariel Award for Best Actor (Mario Ivan Martinez), Best Actress (Regina Torne), Best Actress in a Minor Role (Margarita Isabel), Best Cinematography (Emmanuel Lubezki), Best Director (Alfonso Arau), Best Screenplay (Laura Esquivel) & Best Supporting Actress (Claudette Maille)

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Esquivel, Laura, 1950- > Film adaptations.
Love > Drama.
Cooking, Mexican > Drama.
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Food > Drama.
Mexico > Drama.
Amor > Teatro.
Cocina mexicana > Teatro.
Familia > México > Teatro.
México > Teatro.
Genre:
Romance films.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Filmed performances

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