Marco Leonardi, Lumi Cavazos, Regina Torné
Story of forbidden love that takes place on a ranch in Mexico near the Texas border in 1910, during the Mexican Revolution. Pedro wishes to marry Tita, the youngest of three daughters of a willful wid...( read more
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DVD Release Date: March 14, 2000
Stats: 1,462 reviews
LIked this pretty well -- I can relate to food in a lustful way just like these folks -- but it loses 1/2 a star because I hated the ending.
I love historical movies set in Mexico and this wonderful movie shown on BBC last night simply reinforced that feeling.
The Director, Arau, laid before the viewer a magical cornucopia of settings and in this case, tastes, that tempted the eye as well as a palette that had to rem...( read more)
I am the youngest daughter and I shudder to think of my sister marrying my love while I stay home and take care of my mother. I didn't care for the ending, either. I think she should have married the doctor!
Latin american magic realism at its best. charming, extremely enjoyable and faithful to the novel.
This movie is about how life used to be in Mexico. It is a love story between Pedro and Tita, and why they coudn't get married because Tita's mother wanted her oldest daughter to get married first, and have Tita to stay and take care of her. It shows how marriage was imposed on t...( read more)
it reminds me of another movie here and there. it's nice. spectacular ending.
Una pelicula muy triste, con algunas de las tradiciones de que las hijas mas jovenes no podian casarse hasta, que sus padres fallecieran, un amor pribido y verdadero me facina se las recomiendo...
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