| Like Water for Chocolate | |
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| Directed by | Alfonso Arau |
| Screenplay by | Laura Esquivel |
| Based on | Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel |
| Produced by | Alfonso Arau |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Steven Bernstein Emmanuel Lubezki |
| Edited by | Carlos Bolado Francisco Chiu |
| Music by | Leo Brouwer |
| Distributed by | Miramax |
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Running time | 105 minutes (USA), 123 minutes (Mexico), 143 minutes (original cut) |
| Country | Mexico |
| Languages | Spanish English |
| Budget | $2 million (USA) |
| Box office | $21.6 million (USA) [1] |
Like Water for Chocolate (Spanish: Como agua para chocolate) is a 1992 Mexican romantic drama film in the style of magical realism based on the debut novel of the same name published in 1989 by Mexican novelist Laura Esquivel.[2] It earned ten 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.[3][4] 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.[5][6]
- ^ "Like Water for Chocolate (1993)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
- ^ "Laura Esquivel Biography". Biography.com. Archived from the original on 14 June 2008. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
- ^ "'Chocolate' meanders towards B.O. record". Daily Variety. April 12, 1994. p. 23.
- ^ Neibylski, Dianna C (1998). "Heartburn, Humor and Hyperbole in Like Water for Chocolate". In Hengen, Shannon (ed.). Performing Gender and Comedy: Theories, Texts and subtext. Routledge. p. 189. ISBN 978-90-5699-539-3..
- ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- ^ Marx, Andy (2 December 1992). "Foreign Oscar entries submitted". Variety. Retrieved 20 September 2015.