The film went straight to the point from the beginning. In the kitchen, women cut onions. From the tears of cutting onions, the heroine Tita was born in the kitchen when her mother cut onions! Diet, women, magic, the three main points of the film have all appeared. Since Tita was born in this world, she naturally has an indissoluble bond with the kitchen. Growing up with a nanny in the kitchen is not only a good cook, but also a good cook with magic. Tita is a good cook and is often asked how to make such delicious food. Her answer is always: love!
Love is coming. Under the gaze of her lover, Tita said to herself, she is like dough that has just been thrown into the oil pan. Every pore is swelling, and her heart, stomach and breasts ... Her love was stopped by her mother, because there is a tradition in her family that makes people puzzled, that is, the little daughter is not allowed to get married after serving her mother. As a result, Tita's suitor married her sister in order to get close to her. At the wedding reception, the cake baked by Tita was mixed with her sad tears. After eating it, everyone missed the lost love and the tears flowed out.
The next dish is about desire. Tita's lover Pedro is now her brother-in-law. One day, I sent her a bouquet of roses in public to thank her for cooking delicious meals for the whole family. Tita made a "quail in rose juice" with erotic roses, and two people who could not be combined experienced a sexual intercourse through this dish! And Tita's second sister ate this dish, and her lust burned, so she ran out to take a bath. During the war, the bathroom caught fire. She ran naked and the leaders of the revolutionary army burned incense.
The second sister got on the horse and eloped, which is a complete legend. Tita's love could not be realized, she was tortured by her mother and finally got sick. She was taken to the home of a doctor who liked her. Mexican-born doctors live in a city on the US-Mexico border and take good care of Tita, but the American food cooked by the chef at home is extremely unpalatable. Finally, it was Tita's maid Chen Cha who appeared and made a bowl of beef soup to help Tita recover. Chen Cha believes that clear soup can cure all diseases, both physically and mentally. Fire is inseparable from food, and Tita's love finally burns into a big fire and embraces her lover. Only a cookbook was left, which recorded her joys and sorrows.
The magical reality of Latin America is no exception when it comes to eating. Both novels and movies try to reflect women's experiences with food as the protagonist. The experience of traditional women can't be separated from the kitchen, so why not make a biography of them with recipes?
Strawberry chocolate (strawberry chocolate, Cuba, 1994, directed by Thomas? g？ A gay strawberry ice cream in Cuba is pink. Pink is the color of homosexuality. One day in the late 1970s, David, a student of Havana University, was eating chocolate ice cream at the open-air table. Here comes a man sitting opposite him, chatting him up while eating strawberry ice cream. David is an obedient Communist Youth League member and has no interest in gay, but he can't help but go to his house to get books under the temptation of banned books by Lue Sa and other writers. It turns out that this man named Diego is a gay artist, and his home is full of "poisonous weeds". Diego played Karas music for David and invited David to drink Indian milk tea made of exquisite porcelain. In short, everything rejected by the Cuban revolution is dazzling here. When David came to Diego again, he listened to the piano and drank JohnnyWalker whisky.
Inspired by Diego, David began to break the taboo of official ideology and began to write novels. However, no matter how much elegant tea and passionate wine Diego invited David to drink, he liberated David's mind without turning David into a "comrade". Diego was very noble and selfless and became good friends with David. When he heard that David and his girlfriend were lovelorn and had no sexual experience, he turned to his neighbor Nancy for help-Nancy was a middle-aged woman who committed suicide as soon as she was lovelorn. Diego copied a meal described in a novel by Cuban writer Lazema and invited David and Nancy to dinner. Jade has become a good thing for them.
However, Diego was finally unable to meet Cuban society and had no choice but to leave Cuba. Two friends went to the outdoor restaurant to eat ice cream again. David traded strawberry ice cream for Diego and played a friendly joke on him. Diego said, you are so beautiful, the only question is whether you are gay or not. And David smiled: Nobody is perfect-Billy? Wilder's famous phrase "Passion is like fire" is just right here, which is very interesting.