AKA: Like Water for Chocolate
Star-crossed lovers Tita and Pedro’s romance is thwarted by her family’s traditions, forcing Tita to navigate magic and flavors in the kitchen as she fights for love and embraces her destined path.
This is a highly touted new HBO series adapted by from the same 1989 novel as the acclaimed 1992 film. Both the novel and the film are esteemed as beautifully crafted examples of the literary genre of magical realism, which is highly popular in Latin American fiction.
From experience I can tell you something about the film: If you are looking for a date movie for Netflix and Chill, that would be a great choice. Although I am not a fan of magical realism (to say the least), I’ve watched Like Water For Chocolate several times because women love it. Think of it as a chess move- the “Dirty Dancing Gambit” – in which you sacrifice 100 minutes of your time in order to set up your endgame.
I haven’t seen the series yet, but the reviewers praise it as a lavish and faithful interpretation with first-class production values.
As far as nudity goes, I hope they can do better than what you see below, but my expectations are low. HBO has not been delivering much nudity in its recent efforts.
Previously:
Irene Azuela may have done an unsimulated sex scene in Las Oscuras Primaveras (2014)
Irene Azuela topless in episode two of Windows
Watched that previous clip from Las Oscuras Primaveras. I can see what you mean by what appears to be unsimulated sex. Good for them. Vigorous and well-filmed.