Celestial Clockwork 1995  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy / Musical
Director: Fina Torres
Cast: Ariadna Gil, Arielle Dombasle, Evelyne Didi, Frederic Longbois, Lluis Homar, Chantal Aimee, Hildegarde Garcia Madriz, Michel Debrane, Olivier Granier, Alma Rose Castellanos, Philippe Beautier, Pedro De Llano
Ana (Ariadna Gil) flees from her husband-to-be when she leaves him at the altar and heads for Paris. In this Cinderella-like musical comedy, Ana dreams of being an opera singer while working as both a cleaning lady and bakery worker.
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Oriane 1985  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Fina Torres
Cast: Daniela Silverio, Doris Wells, Philippe Rouleau, David Crotto, Rafael Briceno, Mirta Borges, Maya Oloe, Claudia Venturini, Martha Canelon, Luis Armando Castillo
Maria (Daniela Silverio) has inherited her Aunt Oriane's (Doris Wells) hacienda in Venezuela. As she cleans out the hacienda, Maria sorts through Oriane's papers, and, through flashbacks, remembers her life as a teenager when she (Maya Oloe) visited her aunt. Memories lead to the revelation of dark secrets (incest) in Oriane's life.
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Woman on top 1999  R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Fina Torres
Cast: Penelope Cruz, Murilo Benicio, Harold Perrineau, Mark Feuerstein, John de Lancie, Anne Ramsay, Ana Gasteyer, Analu DeCastro, Thais DeSaCurvelo, Eliana Guttman
In this romantic comedy, a Brazilian beauty, Isabella (Penelope Cruz), suffers an extreme case of motion sickness; she controls it by taking on the driving force in all situations–whether in the car or in bed. When husband Toninho (Murilo Benicio) cheats on her, Isabella escapes to San Francisco and her transsexual friend, Monica (Harold Perrineau Jr.). She is soon starring in a very successful cooking show, which suddenly suffers problems after Toninho appears in town.
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| 1. Celestial Clockwork (1995)
2. Oriane (1985)
3. Woman on top (1999)
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