Hispanic Culture in Like Water for Chocolate

As the first big success of American movies in Spain, Como Agua Para Chocolate (Alfonso Arau, 1992) has had a great impact on the future of Spanish culture and Spanish films. This film has many hidden and clear aspects that challenge typical cultural ideals not only in Spanish culture but also in various cultures of the world. According to his wife, Novel by Laura Esquivel, Arau uses food in this film (often called chocolate water) to feed the women and feed them.

Chocolate water has been translated from several original languages ​​into multiple languages; English translation by Carol and Thomas Christensen. Novels in Spain and Hispanic America, sold over 202,000 copies in the last time of 1993, and in the United States.

As the first big success of American movies in Spain, Como Agua Para Chocolate (Alfonso Arau, 1992) has had a great impact on the future of Spanish culture and Spanish films. This film has many hidden and clear aspects that challenge typical cultural ideals not only in Spanish culture but also in various cultures of the world. According to his wife, Novel by Laura Esquivel, Arau uses food in this film (often called chocolate water) to feed the women and feed them.

As chocolate water is a romantic tragedy, the two young lovers are forbidden to marry forever for a dangerous idea behind their Spanish culture. Titata is the youngest of the three children, and she must take care of her mother until the day she died. The situation is that she fell for a man named Pedro. As they were forbidden together, Pedro married Tita 's sister Rosara, so they were still able to see each other. Tita's mother, Mama Elena, noticed their relationship and kept Pedro and Rosaura away from their ranches. On the back of the book, Rosaura has a child, but the child is dying because he can not get enough milk. When the baby dies, Pedro and Rossola will return to the meadow where Tita, Mama Elena and their maid Chencha live. When they returned, Tita fell for another man named John Brown. Pedro revealed to Tita that his love is never lost, he ultimately does anything to establish their relationship.