The Mistress Of Spices (DVD)

Tilo runs a spice store in San Francisco called Spice Bazaar. She is a Mistress of Spices and must live according to the rules she was taught by her mentor – she mustn’t physically touch another human being, she mustn’t leave her store and she mustn’t use the spices for her own benefit. She has regular customers who come to her for spices to fix things that are not well in their lives. All is going well with the spice shop and Tilo’s life until Doug comes into her life; a handsome architect with his own issues that need resolving. The problem is, though, that they have a mutual attraction ... more

Born in India to poor parents, it is soon discovered that Tilo has special powers - she can foresee the future. After being kidnapped by bandits, she escapes, and is raised by a magical lady, who teaches her the secrets of spices. When she grows up, Tilo moves to San Francisco, where she manages a spice shop, and mixes up to help her customers. As a Mistress of Spices however, there are rules that cannot be broken - she cannot use the power of the spices for her own means, she can never leave the store and she can never touch another person's skin. This causes a problem when she meets and ... more

Tilo is a mistress of spices; she has the ability to understand them and use them to help others and the gift of second sight. She has been sent from India to San Francisco, to cure the spiritual and emotional ills of those around her with her spices. But there are rules she must follow. She can never touch the skin of another person, she can never leave the shop and she must never use the spices for her own purposes. But when a handsome stranger comes off his motorbike outside the store, Tilo begins to wonder if she might not be able to bend the rules. Director Paul Mayeda Berges has made a ... more

India is an ancient land famed for its myths, magic and tradition. But what happens to these when its people leave for new lands and find themselves in a different culture? The mistress of spices is the tale of Tilo, a lady with the gift of second sight and who has been trained to use spices to help customers who visit he store in San Francisco. As a child she was trained by first mother to understand the power of spices and use them to help others. In doing so she must dedicate her life to the spices, following 3 simple rules: never to leave the store she runs, touch the skin of another or ... more