Synopsis
Woman on Top (2000) is a breezy fantasy-comedy you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Venezuelan filmmaker Fina Torres and built almost entirely around Penélope Cruz at her most luminous. She plays Isabella Oliveira, a Brazilian cook from Bahia whose food has an almost supernatural effect on people — a gift the sea goddess Yemanjá may or may not have had a hand in.
When Isabella catches her husband Toninho (Murilo Benício) cheating, she boards a flight to San Francisco with nothing but her talent. Her cooking turns heads immediately, a TV slot follows, and she starts to build something on her own terms. Toninho arrives desperate to win her back; an American producer named Cliff enters the picture; and Isabella, for the first time, gets to choose rather than follow.
The film doesn't pretend to be more than it is — a warm, slightly magical comedy about a woman reclaiming her own story. Cruz carries it with easy charm, and the Brazilian street rhythms and food scenes do the rest. Stream Woman on Top (2000) online on iFILM.
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