Woman on Top Page #4

Synopsis: Isabella is a great cook, making her husband's restaurant in Bahia, Brazil, a success. To control her motion sickness, she must do the driving and be on top during sex, which drives her macho husband, Toninho, to infidelities. Heart-broken, she leaves for San Francisco, moving in with her childhood friend, Monica, a cross-dresser. To mend her heart, she makes an offering to Yemanja, the goddess of the sea. The goddess responds: Isabella no longer loves and the fish in Bahia no longer bite. Stricken, Toninho heads north to get her back; he finds her hosting a popular TV show, Passion Food, courted by its producer. Can he learn humility? Can she find happiness without him?
Director(s): Fina Torres
Production: Fox Searchlight
  3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.3
Metacritic:
41
Rotten Tomatoes:
34%
R
Year:
2000
92 min
$4,513,772
Website
58 Views


Hold on.

Yeah? Hey, Alex. I did it!

I got an idea. We are coming right over. | You are gonna love it.

OK, what do you think? A cooking show.

Just like the class. Your recipes, your style, | everything just the way you want it.

How does that make you feel?

- A cooking show at "7":30? | - Your wife. She has the travel agent on hold.

- Why not? Everybody's making dinner. | - They're not! Everybody's eating dinner.

- Nobody wants to watch a cooking show. | - Alex, just... just wait one sec.

Alex, this is Chef Isabella Oliveira.

Isabella, this is our station manager, Alex.

Hello.

Hi.

A TV show!

Holy Mary and Rhoda!

- So who's coughing? | - My producer.

Cliff Lloyd, Monica.

Hi.

It's quite a nice place you got here, Monica. | It's very... artistic.

Amazing how you make that | sound like an insult.

Excuse me.

- I'm makin' him nervous. | - No, not at all.

So, Cliff, what's the show gonna be like?

Exactly as Isabella wants it.

How sweet.

You sure he's a producer?

- Excuse me? | - Yeah?

- Why does everything have to be so bright? | - It's TV.

I know it's TV.

But how would it look if we | turned off this? And this and this?

I don't know. Give it a try.

Looks good to me.

That's it for us. Stay tuned for the premiere | of our new feature: "Passion Food Live."

That's coming up next.

- And we're out. | - OK. Thanks, everybody. Great show.

- Let's get dinner. | - I've a tanning that you're making me late for!

- I said we're over. | - What?

- We are done! You're dumped! | - What? I can't believe this!

- You are a blithering idiot. | - I am not a blithering idiot! I'm an author!

- She looks great. | - Yeah. Let's just keep moving here.

Yemanja, I am preparing | your favorite dish tonight.

Please don't let me down.

Wow. I've really gotta start | wearing my hair down.

OK! In five,

four, three...

Good evening. I am Isabella Oliveira, | and this is "Passion Food."

In this show you will learn to turn simple | ingredients into sensual, delicious dishes

that fire the blood and satisfy the heart.

- My God, the camera loves her. | - It's like a miracle.

I would like to introduce | my assistant, Monica.

- Hi! | - What is that?

L-l-l-I have no...

Play "Cinzas," the breaker of hearts.

This is always happening.

That's it. Don't stop. It's good for your arms.

in Bahian cuisine.

but worth every drop of sweat.

So now ladle some hot water over it,

and squeeze.

Squeeze.

Squeeze.

And now we are going to reduce the heat to | bring all the flavors and the scent of the sea.

While it simmers, we are going | to cut the tomatoes in quarters.

Make sure your tomatoes are full and plump.

- She's a natural. | - They should be firm as well. Ripe, but firm.

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