How to Be a Woman and Not Die in the Attempt (Cómo ser mujer y no morir en el intento) 33 years old

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?

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How to Be a Woman and Not Die in the Attempt Cast

Name Character
Asunción Balaguer She was 65, 94 years old when she died as Madre de Antonio
Tina Sáinz She was 46, now 79 years old as Emila
Carmen Maura She was 45, now 78 years old as Carmen
Miguel Arribas He was 176, 76 years old when he died as Carlos
Miguel Rellán He was 47, now 80 years old as Alfredo
Antonio Resines He was 36, now 69 years old as Antonio
Francisco Casares as Director
Juan Gea He was 37, now 70 years old as Ginecólogo
Juanjo Puigcorbé He was 35, now 68 years old as Mariano
Mercedes Lezcano as Pilar
Carmen Conesa She was 30, now 63 years old as Chelo
Begoña Valle as Margarita
Enriqueta Carballeira She was 46, now 79 years old as Pepita
José María Cañete as Maitre
Paco Aguilar He was 42, now 75 years old as Federico

How to Be a Woman and Not Die in the Attempt Crew

Name Department
Ana Belén as Director. She was 39 (now 72) years old Directing
Carmen Rico-Godoy as Screenplay. Writing
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How to Be a Woman and Not Die in the Attempt (33 years)

  • Release day: Friday, April 05, 1991
  • Runtime: 100 minutes