Main characters
The youngest De la Garza daughter and the main character
Tita
Take care of her mother until she dies
The movie takes place in this country
Mexico
What is Tita's main talent?
Cooking
Pedro asks to marry Tita but Mama Elena says…
No
Tita’s strict mother who enforces the family rule
Mama Elena
Pedro marries Tita’s sister for this reason...
To stay close to Tita
Most of the movie takes places in this location (hint: De la Garza…)
Ranch
Tita communicates her emotions through this object...
Food
After the rose-petal meal, Gertrudis does this...
She runs away
The man Tita loves
Pedro Muzquiz
Who is the kind doctor who takes care of Tita and proposes to her?
Dr. John Brown
The major historical event happening in the background...
The Mexican Revolution
The dish linked to rose petals that causes a dramatic reaction...
Quail in rose petal sauce
Mama Elena’s control leads Tita to be separated from the ranch at one point. Where does Tita go?
To Dr. John Brown’s home
Who is the sister who marries Pedro?
Rosaura
Who is the sister who runs away and later joins the Revolution?
Gertrudis
The story is set roughly in this period (early 1900s), around the time of the Revolution. What century is it?
Early 20th century
The wedding cake scene causes guests to feel this (it is a mass reaction)
Intense sadness/crying (and sickness)
Tita eventually returns to the ranch and must live with Pedro and Rosaura in the same house. What does that create?
Constant tension/jealousy/secret love
Who is the cook who raises Tita in the kitchen and becomes her guide early on the film?
Nacha
The baby whose birth and fate becomes one of the film’s most tragic plot points...
Roberto
Soldiers and conflict show up as this kind of pressure on the ranch (not full battles)
Raids/interruptions/instability from the Revolution
The kitchen is where Tita was basically raised. Name the main key mother-figure connected to it.
Nacha
At the end of the film, Tita and Pedro’s passion becomes so intense it leads to this final outcome.
A fire that consumes them/the ranch