Ulysses Cuadra

Tortilla Soup -- A widowed chef's life is complicated by his three grown daughters and the attentions of an obnoxious-but-beautiful woman who has set her sights on him.

A widowed chef's life is complicated by his three grown daughters and the attention he receives from obnoxious-but-beautiful woman who has set her sights on him.

Bill Pullman plays Mike Max, a Hollywood producer who struck it rich and gained power in the film industry through his successful series of brutally violent action movies. However, the dedication and balance that Max shows in the office does not translate to his home life, where he can barely find time for his wife Paige (Andie MacDowell). Paige announces that she wants a divorce and Max admits to himself that she suffered emotional hardship at his hands. Seeking meaning in her life, Paige travels to the Third World as a volunteer. An emotionally disconnected Max does not realize the amount of physical and emotional violence in his life until he is facing it directly and he makes it his mission to not only change his life, but to change the way that the business that has made him his fortune addresses brutality.

Martin Naranjo (Hector Elizondo) is a star chef with three grown daughters: repressed schoolteacher Leticia (Elizabeth Pe a), quick-tempered corporate consultant Carmen (Jacqueline Obradors) and spicy college student Maribel (Tamara Mello). Understandably concerned about his failing sense of taste, Martin's life is further complicated by Leticia's growing infatuation with Orlando (Paul Rodriquez), a goofy baseball coach; Maribel's interest in Andy (Nikolai Kinski), a handsome Brazilian student; and Carmen's contemplation of a glamorous job offer in Barcelona. And if matters couldn't get any worse, there's always Hortensia (Raquel Welch), the beautiful yet incredibly obnoxious older woman who has set her sights on the successful-but-reluctant widower.