 In a forgotten Mexico Tita and Pedro fall in love, but are forbidden to marry. Mama Elena sees Tita s role as her caretaker for life - no youngest daughter has ever married and her daughter will not be the first to break tradition. Tita s heart breaks when her mother instead offers to Pedro her other daughter, and he accepts. Now they live in the same house, and Mama Elena cannot forbid their love as she did their marriage.