The LWD Film Club selection for November is “Like Water For Chocolate”, a film set in Mexico.
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Like Water For Chocolate
Director Alfonso Arau’s enchanting film, based on a novel by wife Laura Esquivel, is set in Mexico in the early part of the 20th century. The put-upon youngest daughter of a stern mother uses her magical abilities to change people’s emotions through the food she cooks. Romantic, erotic tale stars Lumi Cavazos, Marco Leonardi, Regina Torne.
The film is based on a book by the same name:
This classic love story takes place on the De la Garza ranch, as the tyrannical owner, Mama Elena, chops onions at the kitchen table in her final days of pregnancy. While still in her mother’s womb, her daughter to be weeps so violently she causes an early labor, and little Tita slips out amid the spices and fixings for noodle soup. This early encounter with food soon becomes a way of life, and Tita grows up to be a master chef, using cooking to express herself and sharing recipes with readers along the way.
Like Water For Chocolate (Bookshop.org link)
Like Water For Chocolate (Amazon link)
Official Trailer…
Previous Film Club Selections:
January ~ The Railway Children
February ~ The Diary of Anne Frank
March ~ The Teahouse of the August Moon
April ~ Jean de Florette
May ~ La Dolce Vita
June ~ Paddington in Peru
July ~ Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
August ~ The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
September ~ Australia
October ~ Cabaret
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