A Hundred Days with Tata
Editor’s Note: This is a documentary and a Love Story. Beyond a chronicle of the Pandemic, “A Hundred days with Tata” is a tale of universal love and devotion that transcends age barriers and shows the important knowledge and wisdom gained with intergeneration connections and interactions. The Documentary was filmed in Spanish, but it has English Subtitles. However, that shouldn’t stop you from seeing it. In fact, just the opposite.
A Hundred Days with Tata – One hundred days to learn to live… and die
The Spanish Documentary 100 days with Tata (available on Netflix), directed by actor and director Miguel Ángel Muñoz, portrays the period he spent with his great-aunt Luisa Cantero during the beginning of the Covid-19 Pandemic.
Right at the beginning of the Movie, we receive the unmistakable testimony of the bonds of affection that unite Miguel and Luisa. Miguel’s talent, joviality, and restlessness contrast with the stillness and slowness characteristic of Luisa’s senility at the height of her 95 years.
But their willingness to love is enviable. They invent and reinvent stunts and always celebrate the time of being together.
With the Pandemic raging, Miguel decides to take care of Luisa. He learns all the caretakers’ chores, cooks, washes, and irons, and even dedicates himself to finding ways to entertain her, so she doesn’t get depressed.
They put their lives in order, drawers, shelves, memories…together, they start to make a program on social networks, the “Quaren-tata,” which is very successful and circulates the four corners of the planet, with many exciting returns.
Life, Love, and Death
As he reflects, he brings the elderly to the center of the conversation, a testament to the lack of place in the world for the elderly, especially those who cannot take care of themselves.
Everyone loves to see Miguel and Tata. But, like in every relationship where one has to take care of more than the other, Miguel starts to get exhausted.
He can’t keep up with his daily exercise and yoga routine, nor can he maintain a regular sleep rhythm. He can’t take care of himself. This theme alone would be a theme for long conversations. This was what we witnessed in the Pandemic itself with health professionals. It is what happens daily when someone, out of love or duty, is not included in the equation in their weekly schedule. Which good therapy can help?
I highlight a pearl of wisdom from her therapist: “Narcissism is not loving yourself, but who you want to be, an image of yourself.” If it stopped there, the film would already be worth seeing. But another theme as fundamental as love enters the scene enters; death.
And it’s about talking about Death, to which the film’s last few minutes are dedicated. They talk about their own Death, Life from Death, and Death from Life. No dramas, no crying, no regrets other than the most genuine pain of living and loving.
Death as part of Life. One hundred days to learn to live…and die! It is very worth seeing it.
An original documentary by actor and director Miguel Ángel Muñoz, “A Hundred days with Tata,” has won several awards and tells how difficult it is to grow old in our society.
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About the Author
Nila Maria Orrico Costa is a poet, avid writer, movie enthusiast, and commentator. She is a lover of fine arts, World Music and an aficionado of various cultural expressions, including theater and Cinema. As a Brazilian medical practitioner, Nila Maria is an M.D specializing in Cardiology and Echocardiography. Among her many other accomplishments, Nila Maria holds a post-graduation in Philosophy of Ethics and Science. She also has several specializations in Human Psychology and Psychotherapy. She lives with her spoiled cat and a pile of unread books.
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