Movie Info

Tilo, is an indian woman who lives in America and is a 'mistress of spices'. She runs a spice store in San Francisco and has a magical gift of seein...(read more...) g into her customers' lives and desires. She gives them different spices to help them get what they want. In order for the magic to work, Tilo must obey the rules set out for a mistress - never leave the store, never touch another human, and love only the spices. When Doug - a handsome, enigmatic American with a secret past - enters her store, Tilo's own desires are stirred for the first time. She begins to feel passion for the American and as she becomes closer to Doug, the spices she has given her other customers begin to misbehave. Tilo has to make a decision. Will she choose forbidden love for an American over devotion to her spices and her traditions?

Director: Paul Mayeda Berges

MPAA: Unrated

Running Time: 1 hr. 36 min.

Release Date: Jan 01, 2006

Cast: Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Aishwarya Rai, Anupam Kher, Ayesha Dharker, Caroline Chikezie, Dylan McDermott, Nitin Ganatra, Padma Lakshmi, Shaheen Khan