Tortilla Soup Movie Review 2001

Widower Martin Naranjo (Elizondo) is a Mexican-American patriarch trying to control the lives of his three grown daughters. Schoolteacher Leticia (Pena) fears love has passed her by; successful Carmen (Obradors) questions her career choice; and Maribel (Mello) has graduated from high school and is just eager to leave home. Meanwhile, Martin is a chef who's lost his sense of taste and smell and is being pursued by divorced Hortensia (Welch). Food and family dinners bring the various crises out in the open. And yes, the film is the American version of the 1994 Taiwanese film "Eat, Drink, Man, Woman" with an equally engaging cast.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 102 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Edibles, Dads, Brothers & Sisters, Hispanic America, L.A., Stolen from Asia, Family Drama

Screenplay

Tom Musca, Ramon Menendez, Vera Blasi

Cast

Hector Elizondo, Jacqueline Obradors, Elizabeth Pena, Tamara Mello, Nikolai Kinski, Raquel Welch, Paul Rodriguez, Joel Joan, Constance Marie

Cinematography

Xavier Perez Grobet

Director

Maria Ripoli

Music

Bill Conti

Other

Billy Flick, Andy Blumenthal, John Mott, Ileane Neltzer, Alicia Maccarone

Producer

John Bard Manulis, Samuel Goldwyn Films