---
title: 'Like Water for Chocolate (1992)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Alfonso Arau'
released: '1992-04-16'
runtime_minutes: 113
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'Mexico'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/like-water-for-chocolate-1992'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103994/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Like Water for Chocolate (1992)

1992 · 113 min · Drama, Romance · Mexico

Original title: Como agua para chocolate

## Synopsis

Like Water for Chocolate is a 1992 Mexican romantic drama film produced and directed by Alfonso Arau, and written by Laura Esquivel, who adapted her 1989 debut novel. It earned 10 Ariel Awards including the Best Picture, and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film. The film became the highest-grossing foreign-language film ever released in the United States at the time. The film was selected as the Mexican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 65th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Alfonso Arau](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfonso-arau)
- **Producer:** [Alfonso Arau](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfonso-arau)
- **Screenplay:** [Laura Esquivel](https://cinepixo.com/people/laura-esquivel)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Leo Brouwer](https://cinepixo.com/people/leo-brouwer)
- **Director of Photography:** [Emmanuel Lubezki](https://cinepixo.com/people/emmanuel-lubezki)
- **Editor:** [Carlos Bolado](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlos-bolado)

## Cast

- [Yareli Arizmendi](https://cinepixo.com/people/yareli-arizmendi)
- [David Ostrosky](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-ostrosky)
- [Joaquín Garrido](https://cinepixo.com/people/joaquin-garrido)
- [Brigitte Alexander](https://cinepixo.com/people/brigitte-alexander)
- [Ada Carrasco](https://cinepixo.com/people/ada-carrasco)
- [Marco Leonardi](https://cinepixo.com/people/marco-leonardi)
- [Regina Torné](https://cinepixo.com/people/regina-torne)
- [Mario Iván Martínez](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-ivan-martinez)
- [Arcelia Ramírez](https://cinepixo.com/people/arcelia-ramirez)
- [Lumi Cavazos](https://cinepixo.com/people/lumi-cavazos)
- [Margarita Isabel](https://cinepixo.com/people/margarita-isabel)

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