Woman on Top

Woman on Top

92 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance, Fantasy | Sept. 22, 2000

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.

Woman on Top

92 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance, Fantasy | Sept. 22, 2000

Woman on Top
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.
IMDb rating 5.3
Producers Fox Searchlight Pictures
Original title Woman on Top
Directors Fina Torres
Writers Vera Blasi

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

Jonas Bloch

as Pierre Laroche

Carlos Gregório

as Melvin

Daniele Suzuki

as Yoko

Jerry Penacoli

as Tom Kelly