Fina Torres (USA, 2000, 83 minutes)

Set to the intoxicating rhythms of Brazil, WOMAN ON TOP is a spicy, sexy comedy about the magic of food, love and music. Isabella (Penelope Cruz) and Toninho (Murilo Benicio) are blissfully happy living in a port city in Bahia, on the northeast coast of Brazil. Isabella loves Toninho madly, and she stirs his passions with meals that she has learned to cook with native spices, natural herbs, local ingredients and a magic all her own that turns them into extraordinary gifts to the senses.

Director: Fina Torres
Screenplay: Vera Blasi
Cast: Penelope Cruz, Murilo Benicio, Harold Perrineau Jr., Mark Feuerstein, John de Lancie
Cinematography: Thierry Arbogast
Producer: Alan Poul
Music: Luis Bacalov
Production: Fox Searchlight
Length: 83 minutes
Year: 2000, USA