The movie, based on Carmen Rico Godoy's book, will be available at Días de Cine Reading Club until April 14th, 2013. This initiative is sponsored by the America Reads Spanish program and the American Library Association to promote literature and the Spanish language in American libraries and universities.

Cómo ser feliz y disfrutarlo stars Carmen Maura, Antonio Resines and Asunción Balaguer and is directed by Enrique Urbizu. The movie will be available to participating libraries and universities.

Carmen, a newspaper journalist, is made a widow early in the story when her husband has a massive heart attack and dies. Coping with her loss, she goes on with the job, which is about the only thing in her life that gives her some satisfaction. To make matters worse, she finds out her only daughter, Marta, is pregnant. Being practical, she has the young woman return to Madrid to be near her.

Her old home is full of memories that she wants to forget, so she begins searching for an apartment overlooking the Retiro Park, something that proves to be a difficult task for her. The men she meets are not exactly what she was hoping for, as they don’t compare with the dead husband. Enrique Urbizu directed this Spanish film based on a book that might be an autobiography of Carmen Rico Godoy, a newspaper woman with a column in one of Spain’s leading newspapers.

The program is offered at no cost to U.S. libraries and universities. To participate, libraries simply have to register and send the form provided at the America Reads Spanish website. They will receive an exclusive user password via e-mail. This password will allow them to enjoy, legally and free of charge, public viewing of the movie of the week via online streaming at a library or university. All it requires is a computer and internet connection. For more information click here or send an email to Miami@comercio.mineco.es.