2021 – 66th Edition
Spanish Cinema (en)

La vida era eso

David Martín de los Santos
España
 - 2020

Two Spanish women from different generations meet in a hospital room in Belgium. María has lived there for decades after emigrating in her youth, and Verónica is a youngnewcomer in search of opportunities that she never found in Spain. Between them a peculiar friendship is forged that will lead María to undertake a trip back to the south of Spain with an unusual mission. What begins as a journey in search of Verónica’s roots, will become an opportunity to question certain principles on which she based her life.

DIRECTOR
David Martín de los Santos
SCREENPLAY
David Martín de los Santos
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Santiago Racaj
EDITOR
Miguel Doblado, Lucía Palicio
SOUND
Patrick Ghislain, Eva Valiño
MUSIC
Pedro Barbadillo
PRODUCTION
Damián París, José Carlos Conde
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Lolita Films, Mediaevs, Smiz and Pixel, La Vida Era Eso
CAST
Petra Martínez, Anna Castillo, Florin Piersic Jr., Ramón Barea, Daniel Morilla, María Isabel Díaz Lago, Pilar Gómez, Victoria Sáez
RUNNING TIME
109 min.
TYPE
Largometraje
FORMAT
Color
YEAR OF PRODUCTION
2020
COUNTRY
España
CONTACT
IN SPAIN
Elamedia Studios

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