Like Water for Chocolate (Como agua para chocolate)

It will be a great day, sweetheart.

LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE

I'm doing what must be done, right?

If it comes from your heart,

then you're doing what must be done.

Giddy up!

Grace will tell you when to bring the rings.

- Okay? - Yes, Dad.

Very well.

Dad said you'd tell me when to bring the rings.

- Right. - But how am I supposed to...?

I'll say when, don't worry.

Here comes the bride!

Do I look okay?

She looks like a princess!

Thank you, Delfino.

Thank you.

Would you help me, Delfino?

Thank you.

Welcome, brothers.

May the Almighty's blessing

be upon you.

The Lord God said:

"It is not good for the man to be alone.

I will make a suitable partner for him."

You're not marrying this woman

out of an impure desire,

but with the best intentions.

God Almighty,

give us your mercy

and let us be together in your kingdom,

all of us at the same time.

This is the word of the Lord.

- We praise You, Lord. - (everybody) We praise You, Lord.

Let's stand up.

We're here, at the altar,

because God, infinitely glorious,

will guarantee your will to enter into this marriage.

Face each other.

Look at each other.

Now, the question is...

Are you here

under no pressure,

free and willingly?

Yes, Father.

Willingly.

Are you determined to love and to respect each other

and to live in matrimony for the rest of your lives?

Are you determined to love and to respect each other

and to live in matrimony for the rest of your lives?

I'm sorry.

I can't.

No...

What happened?

Pedro...

Careful, Miss.

Thank you, Delfino.

- - (Rosaura) Tita!

Tita!

Where is she?

- (Gertrudis) What's wrong? - (Rosaura) Tita!

Rosaura!

You knew it, right?

You told her to leave, right!

- (Gertrudis) I don't... Calm down... - (Rosaura) What did you do? Let me go!

Rosaura, please, you must calm down.

You're back.

Rosaura.

What happened?

Where did you go?

We have to talk.

No.

Don't say it, I don't want to hear you.

I'm leaving with Tita.

We can't go on living like this.

No, that will never happen.

Haven't we both suffered enough?

If you hadn't accepted my mother's agreement,

nobody would be suffering.

I didn't cheat on anybody!

I married you because I loved you!

I will never love you.

I know.

I know that.

I don't even care.

Like it or not, I'll be by your side until I die.

We still have time.

You could be happy too.

I'll never be happy.

I won't allow you or Tita to be happy.

If you leave this house, you'll never see Esperanza again.

You've already lost a son.

Do you want to lose her too?

Are you two leaving?

And where will you live?

Right now, I don't know a thing.

What matters is that I did what I had to do.

I knew you weren't sure.

It took me too long to decide.

Marrying the doctor was your duty.

All you had to do was that!

Duty, tradition, good manners. You sound exactly like Mom.

None of that matters, when will you ever realize?

Don't hit her!

If Mom were here, none of this would have happened.

You would have obeyed her!

She lied to us. She was forced to get married.

She loved another man.

That's not true.

So much for your good manners.

It's a lie, you're both crazy.

You're trying to hurt me! All my life you've been against me!

You only care about appearances!

You never cared about us!

Get the hell out of my house once and for all, damn it!

Once you and Pedro decide what to do, let me know.

Take care.

I love you.

I love you.

If Juan doesn't show up,

I'll grab him by the ear and take him to you!

Grab his balls!

John.

Why are you here?

I wanted to say goodbye.

It's for you.

It was your wedding gift.

We all have an inner box of matches.

All we have to do is find a detonator.

The legend says more.

We must be careful

and light one match at a time.

Otherwise, if emotion is very intense,

and all matches are lit,

the flame would burn forever.

I didn't mean to hurt you.

I know.

I know.

- -

- -

If you want an explanation, I won't do that, not today anyway.

No.

I can't stand being away from you two.

Now he is your son.

I'm an asshole.

Yes, right, an asshole.

Forgive me.

And?

You didn't cheat on me.

You're trustworthy, Gertrudis.

And?

Anything else to say?

I was overwhelmed with jealousy.

I was an asshole.

I really got upset because I thought that

that you loved someone else.

And?

Forgive me.

I miss you a lot.

Forgive me.

Gertrudis.

Are you coming or what?

Take him to bed.

What do you want?

I won't have more children.

Esperanza will stay with me until I die.

Don't you realize how harmful that tradition has been?

It's the only thing I have.

Esperanza has the right to live the life she wants.

I'm willing to accept that.

But don't take her father away from her.

Go far away

and never come back.

I've missed you.

I've missed you more.

Keep it in a safe place.

Someday, our Josecito will see it.

Yes.

I must go back.

I'm sure there's another way of changing things.

You wanted to fight like me.