LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE (1992)

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.