Woman on top
| Movie | |
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| German title | Woman on top |
| Original title | Woman on top |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English , Portuguese |
| Publishing year | 2000 |
| length | 88 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK from 6 |
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| Director | Fina Torres |
| script | Vera Blasi |
| production | Alan Poul |
| music | Luis Bacalov |
| camera | Thierry Arbogast |
| cut | Leslie Jones |
| occupation | |
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Woman on Top is a comedy film directed by Fina Torres that was produced in 2000 .
action
The cook Isabella lives in Brazil. She has motor disorders as she suffers from motion sickness. So she always has to be in control, drive a Vespa herself and always be on top during sex. She meets Toninho Oliveira, who runs a beach restaurant, and marries him. She cooks great and the restaurant is doing very well. Toninho can't stand it that his wife always wants to lie on him during sex and that he sits on the back of the Vespa and cheats on her. Isabella then leaves him and asks the goddess Yemayá to end her love. She moves to live with her childhood friend, transvestite Monica Jones, in San Francisco , where she teaches a cooking class and is then discovered for local television. She is hosting a very successful cooking show with Monica. Toninho goes to San Francisco to get Isabella back. She first flirts with the producer of her show. After the latter has implemented the changes requested by the management of the station, she cancels. Isabella tries to make up with Toninho, but finds that she no longer loves him because of the goddess' curse. She asks the goddess to take the spell off her. But only when they cook together, at Toninho's request, does the goddess realize that the two are meant for each other and she takes the curse back. The two have their love again and return to Brazil together. Monica and Cliff end up as a couple.
Reviews
- William Arnold wrote in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer that the film had a charm.
- Roger Ebert wrote in the " Chicago Sun-Times " that the film was one of the kind of films one could like.
- Jonathan Foreman wrote in the " New York Post " that the film was too bizarre in places.
Awards
Fina Torres was nominated for a prize at the Bogotá Film Festival in 2000 and for the ALMA Award in 2001.
The German Film and Media Evaluation FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the title valuable.
Remarks
The comedy was shot in San Francisco and Brazil on a budget of $ 8 million . It grossed about $ 5 million in US theaters.
Web links
- Woman on Top in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Woman on Top at Metacritic (English)
- Woman on Top at Rotten Tomatoes (English)