Like Water For Chocolate (DVD)

This is the love story of Tita and Pedro. Their love story is not an average one. Tita, being the third of three daughters, is destined to stay at home and care for her mother, and concentrates on improving her cooking skills. Pedro falls in love with her and asks for her hand in marriage, but her mother refuses, offering him her sister, Rosauro, instead. Realising that Tita will never be free for marriage as long as her mother is alive, Pedro agrees, but only so that he can stay close to Tita. The couple have secret trysts, but once Rosauro has Pedro's child, Tita believes the relationship is over, and Pedro and Rosauro do move away shortly afterwards. Tita promises ...  Read the complete review

I was able to read the book because its a subject requirement when I was still studying, and I admit that I don't really read books or English novel in particular. Reading the book at first is just an obligation for me to be able to coupe up with that subject, but in the end I found myself hooked with the story. The book is written by Ms. Laura Esquivel, she's a Mexican writer, later on to understand more of the book, our professor made us watch the movie version of the book. Plot The story is about Tita, her family and her love her life Pedro. The family tradition forbidden her to marry Pedro, she is obligated to take care of her parents until they die. ...  Read the complete review

Made and set in Mexico LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE tells the story of Tita and Pedro, who are in love at the beginning of the 20th century, but are not allowed to marry each other. Instead Pedro marries Tita's sister in order to be near to her, but Tita's passions have to be ignored. Instead Tita cooks a lot. And I mean a lot. And that cooking is at the core of the film. After seeing this film I wanted to go and eat some Mexican food, it was so important to the film. Played by Lumi Cavazos and Marco Leonardi repectively, Tita and Pedro are very believable characters and the actors portray the roles very effectively. The director Alfonso Arau did a ...  Read the complete review