Scripted series · HBO Latino
Like Water for Chocolate
Love defying duty and tradition.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Azul Guaita
Tita De la Garza
12 eps
Andres Baida
Pedro Múzquiz
12 eps
Irene Azuela
Mamá Elena
12 eps
Ana Valeria Becerril
Rosaura De la Garza
12 eps
Andrea Chaparro
Gertrudis De la Garza
6 eps
Ángeles Cruz
Nacha
6 eps
Ari Brickman
Don Felipe
6 eps
Louis David Horné
Juan Alejandrez
6 eps
Manuel Cruz Vivas
Magdaleno
6 eps
Antonio Trejo Sánchez
Crispin
6 eps
Iván Amozurrutia
Don Fidel de la Garza
1 eps
Luis Curiel
Santiago Mezquide
4 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Like Water for Chocolate actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Like Water for Chocolate reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Emotional Weight.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Tita de la Garza and Pedro Muzquiz are two souls in love who cannot be together due to deep-rooted family customs, which will force Tita to navigate with magical tints and flavors between the destiny dictated by her family and the fight for her love, while we accompany her in her greatest refuge: the kitchen.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S02E06
Chiles in Walnut Sauce
S02E05
Beans with Chile Tezcucana-style
S02E04
Day of the Dead Bread
S02E03
Champandongo
S02E02
Ox-Tail Soup
S02E01
Amaranth Treats
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
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Sandra García Velten
Showrunner
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Clara Machado
Executive producer
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Manuel Vargas
Executive producer
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Mônica Albuquerque
Executive producer
Salma Hayek Pinault
Executive producer
Anouk Aaron
Executive producer
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Siobhan Flynn
Executive producer
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Lisa Fahrenholt
Executive producer
Sharon Levy
Executive producer
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José Tamez
Executive producer
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Flavio Morales
Executive producer
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Alejandro Rincón
Executive producer
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Jerry Rodríguez Burckle
Executive producer
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Mariano Cesar
Executive producer
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Curro Royo
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Clara MachadoExecutive Producer
- Manuel VargasExecutive Producer
- Mônica AlbuquerqueExecutive Producer
- Salma Hayek PinaultExecutive Producer
- Anouk AaronExecutive Producer
- Siobhan FlynnExecutive Producer
Writing
- Curro RoyoWriter
Direction
- Julián de TaviraDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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