Tortilla Soup

In Los Angeles, semi-retired chef Martin Naranjo lives with his three adult daughters who are each pursuing their own desires outside of their family life, including Leticia who finds solace in Christianity, Carmen who is passionate about food but chooses stability over her dream of owning a restaurant, and Maribel who rebels and dates Andy causing tension, while a family friend named Yolanda hopes to marry Martin; eventually, Leticia elopes with her student crush Orlando, Maribel reconciles with Andy, Martin marries Yolanda, and the family comes together at Carmens restaurant, bonded by their shared love for food. Tortilla Soup is a 2001 American English-language Comedy Romance movie featuring H Ctor Elizondo, Jacqueline Obradors, Elizabeth Pe A, Tamara Mello, Raquel Welch, Judy Herrera and Santiago Verdu. The movie is inspired from Eat Drink Man Woman by Hui-Ling Wang Ang Lee and James Schamus. Starz/Encore Entertainment was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) John Bard Manulis. Tortilla Soup is written by Hui-ling Wang, Ang Lee, James Schamus, Ramón Menéndez, Tom Musca, Vera Blasi and Ram N Men Ndez and it is directed by Maria Ripoll and Mar A Ripoll. Samuel Goldwyn Films acquired the distribution rights for the film. Tortilla Soup was released on 31st August 2001 and takes a screen time of 103 minutes. The movie made a box office gross of $4 million. Cinematography was done by Xavier P rez Grobet and editing by Andy Blumenthal. The music was composed by Bill Conti.