International Film Series: Like Water for Chocolate (Mexico, 1992)

About the event

The School of Languages, Cultures and Race presents this year’s International Film Series “Would you give me the recipe?”: Cinematic Representations of Food, Cooking, Kitchens, and Restaurants. Today, Dr Etna Ávalos will present Like Water for Chocolate (Mexico, 1992), directed by Alfonso Arau, written by Laura Esquivel. When tradition prevents her from marrying the man she loves, a young woman discovers she has a unique talent for cooking.

Food, the most mundane and necessary to sustain us daily, can turn into a magical experience. This film series invites you to experience this magic through these eight acclaimed films from diverse countries that capture precisely this universal human experience occasioned by food, transporting us from the real to a suspended présent of enchantment.

All films have English subtitles.

This series is open to the public for free.

The series will take place every Tuesday until March 4th. Find the full program here.