Movie
Woman on Top
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2000-09-22
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama, Romance, Fantasy
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Fox Searchlight Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Penélope Cruz as Isabella Oliveira
- Murilo Benício as Toninho Oliveira
- Mark Feuerstein as Cliff Lloyd
- John de Lancie as Alex Reeves
- Anne Ramsay as TV Director
- Ana Gasteyer as Claudia Hunter
- Harold Perrineau as Monica Jones
- June Carryl as Zeke
- Bob Greene as Nikos
- Lázaro Ramos as Max
- Wagner Moura as Rafi
- Cléa Simões as Serafina
Crew
- Fina Torres - Director
- Vera Blasi - Writer
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