In the Land of Women is a 2007 American romantic comedy-drama film directed and written by Jon Kasdan. The film premiered in the United States on April 20, 2007. Plot Carter Webb is a young, soft-core writer living in Los Angeles whose young, starlet girlfriend Sofia breaks up with him. Carter soon after goes to be his supposedly dying grandmother's carer in Michigan, partly to try to heal and also write. Upon arrival, grandma Phyllis doesn't initially recognize him, but once she does, and lets him in, he sees that she does need help. She hasn't been eating properly nor keeping the house tidy. After a few brief phone calls with his mother and his boss, Carter begins to clean up his grandmother's home. Meanwhile, across the street, Paige and Lucy return home from school. Their mother Sarah calls Lucy to the kitchen and hesitantly tells her that she has found a lump in her breast. Shocked, she wants to go with her mother when she receives her results, but Sarah quickly refuses. Lucy watches Carter take out the huge bags of trash, snickering. Before he can talk to her, Sarah hears the noise and comes outside with their dog, Bozo, warmly introducing herself. They have a brief talk before Lucy's friends arrive loudly down the road and Sarah goes back inside. Lucy and Carter meet, and she asks Carter not to tell her parents that she smokes. The next morning, Sarah arrives at Carter's doorstep, bringing cookies and inviting him to walk the dog. They chat about their lives. Carter eventually mentioning Sofia, wondering about his love for her. He believes that love letters he has written for Sofia contain his best work. Once Sarah returns home, she asks Lucy to invite Carter out to take his mind off Sofia, but she refuses, and her husband agrees. Sarah abruptly leaves the room, frustrated, going to her bathroom to take some painkillers. The next day, while on a run, Carter has flashbacks of all the memorable times he had with Sofia: their first kiss, and so on, until the breakup. When she utters the word "goodbye" once more, Carter runs into a tree and passes out. When he wakes up, Lucy is standing over him. She gives him a ride home and then invites him to a movie. Carter tells her to ask her parents permission to take him out