Alfonso Arau
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The ThumbScore for Alfonso Arau (72.2%) is the average audience approval rating across 6 films. Each movie's ThumbScore represents the percentage of real audiences who rated it positively. A higher score means more of Alfonso's films are well-received by everyday viewers.
Alfonso Arau Incháustegui (born 11 January 1932) is a Mexican filmmaker, actor, and singer. He worked as an actor and director in both Mexican and Hollywood productions for over 40 years, before his international breakthrough with the 1992 film Like Water for Chocolate, based on his wife Laura Esquivel's novel of the same name. His other films include A Walk in the Clouds (1995), Picking Up the Pieces (2000), The Magnificent Ambersons (2002), and Zapata: El sueño del héroe (2004). He is a five-time Ariel Award winner, including Best Director for Like Water for Chocolate, and a BAFTA nominee.
Born 1932-01-11 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.
On ThumbScore, Alfonso Arau appears in 7 films with an average audience score of 72.2%, most frequently in the Romance genre.
Sources: TMDB
