i really want to like this film . the advertising really fool me i believe i be go to see another como agua para chocolate . wrong . the movie start wonderfully . esperanza refuse to believe her recently decease daughter be really dead and start to search for her . first in her beautiful little town in the veracruz state of mexico and then tijuana and follow by la and and back to her hometown . her journey be suppose to show how esperanza change and become a strong person and but the lead actress dolores heredia be unable to do so . this be not so much her fault a she be quite appealing represent i believe that the director development of side character and subplots take the focus away from the character development of esperanza . this film be not without merit . the cinematography by xavier perez grobet be top notch and as well a the art direction . this film be a step in the right direction for contemporary mexican film and but it still have a way to go .