Like Water for Chocolate (1992)

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.

Director:

Alfonso Arau

Stars:

Lumi Cavazos (Tita), Marco Leonardi (Pedro Muzquiz), Regina Torné (Mamá Elena), Mario Iván Martínez (John Brown), Ada Carrasco (Nacha), Yareli Arizmendi (Rosaura)