Movie
Tortilla Soup
Romance film with a runtime of 103 minutes, released in 2001. Presented in English.
At a Glance
Synopsis
A remake of Ang Lee's family comedy Eat Drink Man Woman, Maria Ripoli's Hispanic-American ensemble feature set in Southern California about a veteran chef named Martin Naranjo (Hector Elizondo), who is slowly losing his sense of taste. He has three daughters, all of whom have chosen different paths. There is Letitia (Elizabeth Pena), the oldest and most repressed of the bunch, a rigid schoolteacher who is a member of the Christian faith. His youngest, Maribel (Tamara Mello), is the most assured, though plagued by doubts. His middle daughter Carmen (Jacqueline Obradors) is most like him and shares his taste for cooking, but has chosen a career as a corporate consultant, which makes for a more secure lifestyle. She is offered a high-profile job in Barcelona, which causes a rift in the family setting. Maribel soon finds herself drawn to a handsome Brazilian student (Nikolai Kinski), and Letitia is gaining affection for Orlando (Paul Rodriguez), an awkward ballplayer whom her students have sent mistaken love letters to without her knowing. Also at their dinners are a shy single mother (Constance Marie) and her obnoxious mother (Raquel Welch), who has her sights set on Martin's affections. Tortilla Soup is Maria Ripoli's second major feature, after her whimsical 1998 feature Twice Upon a Yesterday.
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Cast
- Hector Elizondo
- Jacqueline Obradors
- Tamara Mello
- Constance Marie
- Paul Rodriguez
- Nikolai Kinski
- Elizabeth Peña
- Raquel Welch
- Troy Ruptash
- Ken Marino
- Marisabel Garcia
- Julio Óscar Mechoso
- Louis Crugnali
- Joél Joan
- Ulises Cuadra
- Jade Herrera
- Mark De La Cruz
- Eli Russell Linnetz
- Stoney Westmoreland
- Karen Dyer
- John Mott
- Lulu Zezza
- Paige Orloff
- Junie Lowry-Johnson
- Elizabeth Marx
- Susan Feniger
- Ileane Meltzer
- Samuel Goldwyn Jr.
- Alicia Macarone
- Tom Musca
- Alicia Maccarone
- Ramón Menéndez
- Andy Blumenthal
- Rosie Duprat Fort
- Claudia Becker
- Xavier Pérez Grobet
- Libby Goldstein
- Frank Seglia
- Mary Sue Milliken
- Vera Blasi
