After Pedro's flight and Robertito's departure,
cooking stopped being an act of love and pleasure to Tita.
She felt emotionless,
lost in a flavorless world without scents.
I can't even smell this.
Of course, now that there's no one to please...
-It's good. -We do things the right way, Tita.
We have beans.
I'm not hungry. Fina, throw that away.
Fina, don't. Don't throw it away.
Food is always useful around here.
The bandits are coming!
Hide yourselves! Hide yourselves! Don't make a noise!
They'll get inside this house over my dead body.
LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE
I'm so scared!
Our Father, Who art in heaven...
Hail Mary, full of grace.
-Lamb of God... -Stop it! Be quiet!
I will go to Hell, Tita.
I don't know any prayers.
My mom is capable of doing something very stupid.
What brings you here?
What do you want?
We're starving.
We need something to eat.
We don't serve criminals in here.
Let's go.
Nobody sets foot in my house!
Look!
I have a very good aim and a very bad temper.
-Easy. -Who's next?
Let's respect each other.
Now you know my hand doesn't shake.
Don't mind her. Get into the house. Take everything.
Get out of my house!
I said get out!
Mom!
Are you insane?
No one will be shot in here!
Crispín...
Out of respect for you and for having shared our meals,
I ask you to calm down.
No one will die or get hurt in here.
Benito, Jorge.
Are you really doing this?
Leave the house alone.
Take anything you can and get back on your horses.
Come on.
It's good.
It's a nice loot.
Sorry for the troubles, boss.
Let's go!
"Boss."
Don't ever humiliate me again in front of people.
He hasn't eaten anything since we got here.
Sometimes we think they're not eating, but kids don't need to eat much.
Don't worry.
-I don't know what I did wrong. -That's why I'm here.
This baby won't eat!
The child has to be at peace.
He won't eat if he's nervous.
He's eating!
He's already eating.
If you have a deep sorrow
Think of me
If you ever
Feel like crying
Think of me
Can't you see
That I worship
Your holy image?
Your innocent mouth
That, when I was a child
Has taught me to sin
When I get back,
nothing will separate us.
Help me!
Help me, please! Help!
-Help! -Easy, easy.
-Help me. -Easy.
What happened?
There were many.
We didn't see them coming.
They started shouting, "Where are you hiding them?"
They would get inside the houses without asking.
Who?
Those men would whip the children to make them say where the rebels were.
But...
They never found you.
So they went after the women.
They grabbed me by my underskirt.
Do you know what regiment was it?
Do you know who was in charge?
They followed the orders of a man named Múzquiz.
Did the Colonel assaulted you?
No.
He would just laugh at what they were doing to us.
Come.
Come with me.
Help me clean her.
-I will kill that Colonel. -We should kill all of his troops.
-Yes. -Dead, he'll be useless.
Alive too.
He'll keep slaughtering people.
We should capture him and force him to tell us
all the strategies they have against us.
-How will you capture him? -I don't know.
There has to be a way.
Neither.
We'll kidnap his wife and his son!
-It's not their fault. -It will scare him!
Look.
I had to run away from him because he wants to kill me.
I can't see Tita or my son because of him.
But this is not a matter of personal revenge.
It's bigger than any of us, Juan!
-It's not personal... -Enough! Enough!
Enough.
Let's get Múzquiz.
Do you know what herbs should we use, Fina?
I don't think so. Don't you remember?
Are these old?
No, they smell good to me.
I don't smell anything.
Tita!
Listen, if we work very hard,
we'll soon have a good harvest again.
This ranch will never be what it used be.
I don't remember if it had coriander seeds.
Are you okay?
Yes.
According to Nacha's recipe book,
to prepare the Northern-style chorizo,
you need 17 pounds of pork loin,
and four pounds of pork head or scraps.
Heat the vinegar,
and add two pounds of chiles anchos,
after removing the seeds.
That day, Tita simply followed the recipe to the letter.
She didn't feel the urge to experiment with a handful of aromatic herbs,
a teaspoon of cumin,
or an extra pinch of salt,
Tita felt lost,
empty.
There was nothing she could add to that dish.
It smells amazing, Tita!
Smell it!
Now, let's prepare the sausages.
"Squeeze the sausage firmly to keep the air out."
-Ready? -Ready.
NORTHERN-STYLE CHORIZO
We need a cannon to bring down the door.
-Comrades! -A cannon?
Valente has something to tell you.
Grab a chair.
Let's see.
Tell us, then.
As you might have noticed, I'm on the good side now.
Why did you desert?
Those sons of bitches killed my brother.
He was a revolutionary.
It's well-known among the troop that the Colonel has a mistress.
He goes to see her to a house he bought,
There, he relaxes.
The bastard smokes cigars.
He drinks.
He controls his lover's life.
She and her maid never leave the house.
He visits her every Thursday at six.
Múzquiz is really crazy about her.
Tomorrow's Thursday.
No, man. No.
We need a week to come up with a good strategy.
And give him a week
so his men can keep murdering and raping women?
We'll go there tomorrow.
Who's there?
Good evening, ma'am. How's it going?
Don't waste your time, Nicolás.
They took it all, there's nothing left.
I'm not here to take something, ma'am.
Sorry for the late hour.
What do you want?
I have very valuable information.
And I don't know what to do with it.
I told you she wasn't any good.
She has been decent and punctual.
I think she's a good wet nurse.
Her milk is not good for the baby!
He won't stop crying.
Should we take him to the doctor?
He's just hungry.
But you said he wouldn't eat much! What if he already ate?
He's not eating because my breasts hurt.
He's putting the milk back in. I've never seen something like this!
This child misses his mother's milk.
I'm his mother,
and I've never breastfed him!
He only drank teas and atoles, he was never breastfed!
He must miss another wet nurse's milk, then!
He wanted to eat first, but not anymore.
And he vomits what he eats.
I can't do this anymore! You'll have to find another wet nurse.
-I'm sorry. -Please, wait!
No, wait, please!
Please, ask my mother to take me back, yes?
Tita has to give him her atoles. He was eating that. Please!
What's that?
What did you do, Tita?
My God!
This is a bad omen.
Don't be superstitious, Fina.
Did you remove the air?
What did you do?
You did this on purpose, right?
Don't act innocent, Tita De la Garza.
Roberto!
Roberto. Roberto.
Roberto...
Roberto.
You left us with nothing.
You wasted everything, now we're out of food.
Ma'am!
An urgent telegram, ma'am!
There's an urgent telegram for you!
Robertito is dead.
Come here.
Come here!
I won't let sadness take over this house!
Do you hear me?
There's no point in crying or being sad!
We have a lot to do.
I'm talking to you, Tita De la Garza! Don't you hear me?
Not anymore.
If I had left with them, none of this would have happened!
Robertito is dead because of you!
Come back here right now, Tita De la Garza!
Come here, Tita!
Pedro?
-Pedro! -I'll take it.
Pedro, don't go!
You know what will happen to my family if you get caught!
-That won't happen. -What if it does?
What about our plan?
-What if you don't come back? -I will come back, okay?
You won't have enough time to go and come back.
-It's too risky! -Gertrudis, I don't know if I will die!
And if that happens, I want to see Tita and my son for the last time.
Let's go.
Damn it!
What is it?
What?
Robertito!
Is he alright?
What happened to Robertito?
They were afraid that the Colonel might harm him.
So they ran away to Texas.
What?
He stopped eating.
Robertito is dead.
No, no.
It's not true.
He killed him!
My uncle...
My uncle killed Robertito!
I'm sorry.
Pedro! Where are you going?
Pedro!
Pedro lost it that day.
The pain inside of him took over.
Son of a bitch!
Let's go.
Pedro! Come on!
Pedro!
In that moment,
avenging his son's death became his only plan.
I've always thought that,
even if Pedro had acted according to the plan,
the result would have been the same.
-Who did this? -Múzquiz!
But some people think it was Gertrudis' fault,
that Múzquiz's incitement was the start of the shooting.
You thought we were stupid!
You murdered my son!
You murdered him.
I think not even those present knew exactly what happened there.
Get out!
All we know for sure
is that Múzquiz and his men were already waiting.
-Pedro! -Pedro!
That they captured Pedro,
and that they kept their part of the deal
by letting Gertrudis go.
Did he keep his word?
Gertrudis is alive and well.
She ran away.
And Pedro Múzquiz?
The feds caught him.
That's more than enough for me.
This is not all of it. You're just giving me half.
I'll give you the rest after confirming the information you gave me.
Pay me what you told me.
This was not the agreement.
That's not up to you to decide, Nicolás.
Tita.
Tita!
Look what I've found.
The ones you like!
Eat.
I don't want to.
But you haven't eaten anything.
You're freezing. You'll get pneumonia.
It's warm inside the house.
-Come on. -I don't want to.
Please, leave me alone.
Tita!
You'll have to come anyway.
Your mom's waiting for you to prepare the bathtub.
Tita De la Garza.
How could I have missed that?
Her bath will be ready right away.
Let's see, Mom.
Get in! It's just how you like it!
The lavender will help you sleep like a queen!
-What are you doing? -Should I undress you?
-You can't do that alone! -Who are you talking to?
Hurry up! It's getting cold! Look how good the water is!
-It has the oils you like! -Control your temper!
-Don't you need a bath? Get in! -Calm down!
I don't have motives or strength to serve you any longer.
It's over.
I'm not your slave.
What if they killed him?
Pedro's his own blood.
He'll always be the Colonel's nephew.
We should have come back for him!
Stop thinking and lie down!
Let me know when you're ready.
Tell me something.
Distract me.
What can I tell you?
How could I distract you?
What if they let us get away?
The whole thing was a mess.
My head is still spinning. Come on.
Bite this.
Ready?
Tita didn't know it,
but that day, her life was about to change completely.
Tita.
Pedro's at the hospital.
He's badly hurt.
Did they shoot him?
Yes.
Don't lie to me.
-Is he dead? -I told you he's hurt.
Is he okay? Does his father know?
This is everything I know.
-Who told you that? Where is he? -At San Carlos Hospital.
Hurry up.
We have to go.
-How soon can we get to the hospital? -I don't know.
Drive as fast as you can.
This is not San Carlos Hospital!
Mom?
Ma'am, please, come with me.
Mom?
What's going on?
-Mom? -It's okay, you'll be fine here.
Why are you doing this to me?
Why do you hate me so much?
Mom!
No, please!
Help me!
Let go of me! Please!
Mom!
Help me!
Mom!
Ready!
Aim!
Maybe one day we'll be together.
Maybe.
Yes.
Alone
Without your love
I walk
-And I don't know what to do -I love you.
Fire!
Not even Heaven replies
When I ask about you, woman
Meanwhile
I'm already sleeping
I dream we're walking
Both of us, side by side
Towards a blue sky
But when I wake up
The sky is red And I need you
Let me search for you
And if I find you
And if I find you Come back to me
I learned long ago that stories are not entirely true
or false.
Nobody knows exactly how it happened.
Some say that Pedro couldn't leave this world without Tita,
because their souls,
since a long time ago,
were melted together forever.
Pedro.