Like Water for Chocolate

  I believe that this entire film is about love.  It is about the belief that love can conquer all.  It can defeat traditions, enemies, even wars.  The film depicts a doomed love that cannot be; however, the film uses magic realism to show that love can change the world and alter reality. The power of love and food combine to change destinies.  This is a trick though.  Magic realism does not alter reality, just the mind of the viewer.  Throughout the movie, it appears that the two are growing closer together.  However, at the end, they are still doomed.  Magic realism has no true power over reality, it only affects the mind.  Despite this, I still believe that the message of the film is that love can conquer all.