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Like Water for Chocolate
Why this pick
Its lush Latin American magical realism similarly makes family history, political upheaval, and forbidden feeling tangible through intimate domestic rituals.
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MOVIE1993 2h 20m PRT
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
A rancher, his clairvoyant wife, and their family face some turbulent years in South America.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Meryl Streep
Clara del Valle Trueba
Jan Niklas
Count Jean de Satigny
Fran Fullenwider
Emer Trueba
Anabela Teixeira
Heitor Lourenço
María Conchita Alonso
Tránsito
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Severo del Valle
Glenn Close
Ferula Trueba