Woman on Top (2000)

Director:

Fina Torres

Writer (WGA):

Vera Blasi (written by)

Release Date:

22 September 2000 (Greece)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

It's gonna be one hot summer.

Plot:

Brazilian chef Isabella Oliveira moves to San Francisco when her husband, frustrated by her motion sickness, cheats on her.

Plot Keywords:

Brazil | TV Show | Infidelity | Flashback Sequence | Magic

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Penélope Cruz	...	Isabella Oliveira (as Penelope Cruz)
Murilo Benício	...	Toninho Oliveira
Harold Perrineau	...	Monica Jones (as Harold Perrineau Jr.)
Mark Feuerstein	...	Cliff Lloyd
John de Lancie	...	Alex Reeves (as John De Lancie)
Anne Ramsay	...	TV Director
Ana Gasteyer	...	Claudia Hunter
Analu De Castro	...	Little Isabella - Age 2
Thais De Sá Curvelo	...	Little Isabella - Age 5
Eliane Guttman	...	Isabella's Mother (as Eliana Guttman)
Eduardo Mattedi	...	Isabella's Father
Ana Paula Oliveira	...	Cook
Marilice Santos	...	Sexy Neighbor
Giba Conceição	...	Troubadour #1
Joaquim Pinto	...	Troubadour #2

MPAA:

Rated R for some strong sexuality and language.

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Portuguese

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:L | Argentina:Atp | Chile:TE | Finland:K-8 | France:U | Germany:6 (w) | Netherlands:AL | Norway:7 | Peru:PT | Singapore:M18 | Spain:13 | Sweden:Btl | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Bahia, Brazil

Company:

Fox Searchlight Pictures

Trivia:

All interiors for the San Francisco scenes were shot in soundstages in Brazil.

Goofs:

Continuity: Isabella and Monica burn the photo of Toninho but later, while Isabella and Cliff are fooling around on the sofa, the same picture is in the frame on the table.

Quotes:

Toninho: Isabella, I swear on my mother's grave, you are the only woman I ever loved.
Isabella: Your mother is still alive.
Toninho: That's not the point.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "The Jay Leno Show: (#1.44)" (2009)

Soundtrack:

Falsa Baiana

Highway Robbery Chick Flick

You've gotta be kidding me. You call this dreck "fun"? The last morsel of understanding I still had in me for chick flicks went straight outta window 10 minutes into this one. Wife made, no, forced me, to watch this here crap with her last night on HBO and I hafta tell ya, one has to start wondering what exactly is the message, if there is one? Is it that women should take all the crap from their men, then go back to them? Or is it that one should not trust the judgement of a Brazilian woman? Or, that intelligence is no substitute for sleazy men? Oh, come on, for heaven's sake, do the world a favor and sack this brain cell lacking flick already!

Mike Wilson