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? –IMDb
Fina Torres (born October 7, 1951) is a Venezuelan film director. Born in Caracas, she became known by winning la Caméra d’Or award at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival with her directorial debut film, Oriana.1 She studied design, photography and journalism in Venezuela and later on film at the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques in Paris. She lives now in Mexico and the United States and continues to work with film projects related to Latin America as well as giving workshops in direction and script writing in Venezuela. —Wikipedia
The movie was like a light Brazilian breeze. If you watch without any expectations, it can lighten your soul for a while.
