That Was Life

That Was Life

109 mins | Drama | Nov. 7, 2020

Two Spanish women from different generations find themselves sharing a hospital room in Belgium. María has been living there for decades after emigrating when she was young and Verónica is a young girl recently arrived in search of opportunities she never found in Spain. A strange friendship is forged between them and this leads María to set out on a return journey to the south of Spain with an unusual mission. What begins as a search for Verónica's roots will become an opportunity to open herself up to the world and question certain principles on which she had based her life.

That Was Life

109 mins | Drama | Nov. 7, 2020

That Was Life
Two Spanish women from different generations find themselves sharing a hospital room in Belgium. María has been living there for decades after emigrating when she was young and Verónica is a young girl recently arrived in search of opportunities she never found in Spain. A strange friendship is forged between them and this leads María to set out on a return journey to the south of Spain with an unusual mission. What begins as a search for Verónica's roots will become an opportunity to open herself up to the world and question certain principles on which she had based her life.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Canal Sur, Lolita films, Smiz and Pixel, Magnética Cine, Mediaevs
Original title La vida era eso
Directors David Martín de los Santos
Writers David Martín de los Santos

Cast

Petra Martínez

as María

Anna Castillo

as Verónica

Ramón Barea

as José

Daniel Morilla

as Juan