Movie

Like Water for Chocolate

“In Tita's kitchen, ordinary spices become a recipe for passion.”

★ 7.3(560)19921h 45m

Like Water for Chocolate is available to rent or buy on Apple TV Store in Sweden. It isn't on a subscription streaming service there yet. Availability checked 21 July 2026.

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Good to know

Director: Alfonso Arau
Release date: 1992-04-16
Runtime: 1h 45m
Language: English
Box office: $21,744,201
Budget: $2,000,000
Status: Released
Country: Mexico
Studio: Aviacsa

Like Water for Chocolate — trailer

About Like Water for Chocolate

Like Water for Chocolate is a 1992 movie in the Drama and Romance genres, directed by Alfonso Arau, starring Lumi Cavazos, Marco Leonardi and Regina Torné. It has a runtime of 1 hour 45 minutes. It holds an average rating of 7.3/10 from 560 viewers. Below you can see where to watch Like Water for Chocolate in Sweden — across streaming, rental and purchase options — along with the full cast, trailer and viewer reviews.

Synopsis

Tita is passionately in love with Pedro, but her controlling mother forbids her from marrying him. When Pedro marries her sister, Tita throws herself into her cooking and discovers she can transfer her emotions through the food she prepares, infecting all who eat it with her intense heartbreak.

Cast

Lumi Cavazos

Tita

Marco Leonardi

Pedro Muzquiz

Regina Torné

Mamá Elena

Mario Iván Martínez

John Brown

Ada Carrasco

Nacha

Yareli Arizmendi

Rosaura

Claudette Maillé

Gertrudis

Pilar Aranda

Chencha

Farnesio de Bernal

Cura

Joaquín Garrido

Sergeant Treviño

Margarita Isabel

Paquita Lobo

Sandra Arau

Esperanza

Themes & keywords

jealousysibling relationshipbased on novel or bookcookingmarriagemexican revolutionplatonic loveweddingsingle mothermagic realismformer loverslovers separated