Woman on Top
2000, Film, 92 min, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, English, United States, MoviePedia score 59
A sexy comedy that turns happily ever after upside down.
Set to the intoxicating rhythms of Brazil, "Woman on Top" is a spicy, sexy comedy about the magic of food, love and music. Meet Isabella, a sultry enchantress born with the special gift of melting the palates and hearts of men everywhere. When she decides to break free from her rocky marriage and the stifling kitchen of her husband's restaurant in Brazil, she spirits off to San Francisco in pursuit of her dreams of a real culinary career.
Directed by Fina Torres
Cast
- Penélope Cruz as Isabella Oliveira
- Murilo Benício as Toninho Oliveira
- Harold Perrineau as Monica Jones
- Mark Feuerstein as Cliff Lloyd
- John de Lancie as Alex Reeves
- Anne Ramsay as TV Director
- Ana Gasteyer as Claudia Hunter
- Analu De Castro as Little Isabella - Age 2
- Thais De Sá Curvelo as Little Isabella - Age 5
- Eliana Guttman as Isabella's Mother
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