Tortilla Soup

Tortilla Soup - The Spice of Life (Original Title: Tortilla Soup ) is an American comedy film from the year 2001 was directed by María Ripoll, the screenplay is by Vera Blasi, Ramón Menéndez and Tom Musca. . The main role was played by Hector Elizondo. The film is a remake of Ang Lee's Eat Drink Man Woman from the year 1994.

Action

Living in the USA widower Martin Naranjo is of Mexican descent chef in his own restaurant. In his house live three adult daughters: the oldest Leticia 's chemistry teacher, Carmen was the second study after business studies management consultant, the youngest is only Maribel. The women are worried about their father. After a meal together they fight in the kitchen to prepare their attitudes to Maribel a plate breaks. The sisters break another plate, then they sing together.

Martin learns the brunette widow Hortensia know that is increasingly interested in the single widower. He befriends also with her ​​daughter Yolanda and the granddaughter of Hortensia.

Leticia learns the physical education teacher Orlando Castillo know you better. Soon she gets love letters that she enjoyed very much. After reading a letter she interrupts a game, kissing in public the surprised Orlando. It turns out that he did not write the letters, but they were a joke of the students. Orlando consoles Leticia that he would have liked to have written the letters, then he kisses her. Shortly thereafter, Leticia Orlando brings home and provides him the surprised family as her husband before.

Carmen is to be CEO of a company in Barcelona. Maribel Martin frightened with the announcement of wanting to take a year or two out before graduation. One of the chefs, a friend of Martin's, faints in the kitchen of the restaurant. When he returns after a hospital stay into the restaurant, he dies.

Martin says during a banquet, this time he had an announcement. He wanted to marry again. The present Hortensia expected a marriage proposal, but Martin asks her daughter Yolanda at hand. The daughters are happy after the initial shock, the angry Hortensia insults Martin as a " pervert ".

Martin brings Carmen to the airport and say goodbye. Shortly afterwards it appears in Martin's house and says she would not fly to Barcelona. She prepares him an exclusive food.

Some time later, one sees Carmen as the new head chef of the restaurant. It hosts the assembled family. Yolanda is pregnant, she is expecting a girl.

Reviews

Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun - Times on August 24, 2001, the script would be too great a number of authors to watch. He called Tortilla Soup as a typical family film in which the parties were married at the beginning of standing alone and at the end. Ebert wrote that " good " occupation would fill this formula with life and praised the "magic heat " ( magical warm) the representation of Hector Elizondo.

The Berliner Zeitung described the comedy as " an easily digestible food ."

" Sensual comedy about family, food, and the conflict between the generations, the people tend to be stereotyped developed. Thus, the momentum of the staging itself is increasingly seen as an end in itself. "

Awards

Elizabeth Peña won the Film Award American Latino Media Arts Award in 2002. The film for Best Picture, the director Maria Ripoll, the scriptwriters and Hector Elizondo, Jacqueline Obradors and Paul Rodriguez were nominated for the same price.

The film won the 2002 Imagen Foundation Award and was nominated for the Casting Society of America Award.

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