That Was Life
2020, Spanish. Directed by David Martín de los Santos.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Spanish
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- Released
- 7 November 2020
- Original title
- La vida era eso
- Country
- Spain
- Written by
- David Martín de los Santos
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That Was Life runs 109 minutes (1h 49m).
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That Was Life isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 7 November 2020. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed That Was Life?
That Was Life (2020) was directed by David Martín de los Santos and stars Petra Martínez, Anna Castillo, Florin Piersic Jr..