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.