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How to Be a Woman and Not Die in the Attempt · 1991

How to Be a Woman and Not Die in the Attempt (1991) is a Comedy film directed by Ana Belén, starring Carmen Maura, Antonio Resines, Carmen Conesa.

Comedy

Overview

Carmen, a journalist with two children, is on her third marriage, to Antonio, a record producer. Over the course of a year, we follow her through her discontents: Antonio's lateness, his fatigue when she wants to make love, his insistence on her company when she prefers solitude, his treating her work as less important than his, his casual and cruel dismissal of her opinions, her boss assigning her an incompetent editor, bartenders ignoring her, her passage into middle age. She can be feisty and edgy, which sometimes gets in the way of what would make her happy. And she regularly threatens to leave Antonio. Will she, and on what terms? What will he do?

Cast

Carmen Maura, Antonio Resines, Carmen Conesa, Juanjo Puigcorbé, Miguel Rellán, Tina Sainz, Asunción Balaguer, Enriqueta Carballeira

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What is "How to Be a Woman and Not Die in the Attempt" about?

Carmen, a journalist with two children, is on her third marriage, to Antonio, a record producer. Over the course of a year, we follow her through her discontents: Antonio's lateness, his fatigue when she wants to make love, his insistence on her company when she prefers solitude, his treating her work as less important than his, his casual and cruel dismissal of her opinions, her boss assigning her an incompetent editor, bartenders ignoring her, her passage into middle age. She can be feisty and edgy, which sometimes gets in the way of what would make her happy. And she regularly threatens to leave Antonio. Will she, and on what terms? What will he do?

When was "How to Be a Woman and Not Die in the Attempt" released?

How to Be a Woman and Not Die in the Attempt was released in 1991.

Who stars in "How to Be a Woman and Not Die in the Attempt"?

The cast includes Carmen Maura, Antonio Resines, Carmen Conesa, Juanjo Puigcorbé.