How to Be a Woman and Not Die in the Attempt

Starring:Carmen Maura, Antonio Resines, Juanjo PuigcorbÃ©, Carmen Conesa, Tina SÃ¡inz, Francisco Casares, VÃctor GarcÃa LeÃ³n, Olalla Aguirre, Juan Diego Botto, Luis PÃ©rezagua, AsunciÃ³n Balaguer, Enriqueta Carballeira, Miguel RellÃ¡n, Mercedes Lezcano, Miguel Arribas, BegoÃ±a Valle, Juan Gea, Flora MarÃa Ãlvaro, Paco Aguilar, JosÃ© Carlos Plaza
Director: Ana BelÃ©n
Studio: Image Entertainment
Product Type: DVD

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Carmen's life is pretty complicated. She has just turned 42, is on her third marriage, has two children and has just adopted her husband's son. She also juggles a career as a journalist, her husband's amorous attentions, and then always the housework. Feeling overwhelmed with all she has to handle everyday, Carmen contemplates a divorce, but just when she thinks the pressure is too much, she finds help in the last place she expected. Starring Spain's reigning favorite actress Carmen Maura (Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown), "How to be a Woman and Not Die in the Attempt" is a knowing comedy that brings new life to the battle of the sexes.

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Femisogyny strikes again.......2004-01-06

This is a great little Spanish movie about family, gender, and sexual tension ("Sex relieves tension. Love produces it") in modern Spain. Carmen Maura plays a nuanced role as a devoted housewife and reporter in love with her sweet and apparently honest but incorrigibly sexist husband. Great bits include mother-daughter talks, stoned son, Maura and her friendýs feminist walk out during a dinner scene and the envy of Carmenýs character (called Carmen, I believe!) envy of the "elegant men" that nonetheless drive her crazy. The voice over was put to such good use that I found myself identifying as much with her as her husband Antonio (played by Antonio Resines).

Busy woman on the edge of a nervous..........2001-10-04

It is the story of a modern woman with a mediocre husband and the numerous challenges of the everyday life. At times this movie is very entertaining, at times a bit boring, exactly like life itself. Without the geniality and the glamour of Almodovar's films, but still fun to watch.

How to be a woman without penis envy.......2000-12-20

This movie, that is actually based on a novel by Carmen Rico Godoy, is the personal view of the life of an independent woman that has to face the fact that in the 90s the world is still ruled by men, just because their men. Keep in mind that this movie and the novel are set in Spain, a very traditional an chauvinist society. She is an accomplished woman, as one she is not only a professional journalist, but she is also a housewife and a mother. Her crisis arises when she realizes that she is a mother figure to her husband, that the gynecologist sees her as a woman and not a patient, and that a promotion at work will go to the best man and not the best person. When the mistakes of others slip by seamlessly, hers do not--society punishes for being a "Superwoman"--something that she brought onto herself. Carmen Maura is excellent. She sets the tone of the movie--in the novel the character appears to be a neurotic woman, yet Maura manages to give us a woman with a purpose, and why not,with a vengance.

How to be a man and enjoy this movie.......2000-06-16

This movie, based on an Almudena Grandes novel, is a tribute to women all around. Carmen Maura is the wife of a man that cheat on her and a son in the process to grow... a tragedy changed her forever. This comedy has great moments of laugh, but the book is much better. I think in some levels the director misunderstood the novel, Almudena Grandes is a feminist who believe that women are not better than men, they're even and in this movie goes in the inverse. Other movies based on an Almudena novel are "Cuernos de mujer" y "How to be unhappy and enjoy it".

Recommended for fans of the Spanish cinema........2000-02-04

Directed by Ana Belen, How To Be A Woman And Not Die In The Attempt is a wry Spanish comedy about the stresses facing the modern woman. From petty squabbles with her husband to put-downs at the hands of her colleagues, Carmen Maura (one of Spain's reigning actresses) ardently soldiers on in the comedic, lively, oh-so-true battle of sexes. How To Be A Woman And Not Die In The Attempt is in Spanish with English subtitles. 96 minutes. Full-Color.

How to Be a Woman and Not Die In The Attempt (Cómo ser mujer y no morir en el intento) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Great Britain ]

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How to Be a Woman and Not Die In The Attempt (Cómo ser mujer y no morir en el intento) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Great Britain ]
Director: Ana Belen
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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Great Britain released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada. LANGUAGES: Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0), English (Subtitles), WIDESCREEN, SYNOPSIS: 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? SPECIAL FEATURES: Biographies, Filmographies, Interactive Menu, Photo Gallery, Scene Access, Trailer(s),

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