Woman on Top

Woman on Top

A sexy comedy that turns happily ever after upside down.

R 2000 · 92 min · ★ 6.1 · Comedy, Drama, Romance, Fantasy

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 · Written by Vera Blasi

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Penélope Cruz Isabella Oliveira
Murilo Benício Toninho Oliveira
Mark Feuerstein Cliff Lloyd
John de Lancie Alex Reeves
Anne Ramsay TV Director
Ana Gasteyer Claudia Hunter
Harold Perrineau Monica Jones
June Carryl Zeke
Bob Greene Nikos
Lázaro Ramos Max
Wagner Moura Rafi
Cléa Simões Serafina

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