Miguel Ángel Muñoz: "The tata belongs to a generation that was never tickled or held in its arms"

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100 days with the father

is not exactly a movie. Or it is, but not like movies tend to be. It is a movie, but after a few seconds, it is also a personal matter for any of its viewers. On paper, the documentary -that's it- is limited to recounting the relationship during confinement and far beyond a successful actor, well planted and who sings as well as dances, cooks, meditates that ... with the woman who she cared for him from the time he was little until well beyond he stopped being so.

He had almost everything throughout his life and she hardly anything. Until they met. They grew up together, they loved each other, they love each other, they will love each other without a doubt. 100 days with the father is, indeed and with due modesty, a love story. It is also a comedy. And, at times (the least), a small tragedy. But above all,

is a shared wound, a tear in the fabric of our reality, through which we see almost forbidden issues such as old age not assumed, the need for help, fear of death, dependence. of loved ones ... It is impossible to see

without feeling appealed to with a feeling of envy, of pure and simple longing, of emotion. It's a lie that happy families - that's him and her - all have the same story. He is

and she,

. She drinks Quina Santa Catalina and he doesn't. The two of them are already a very personal matter.

Like it or not, the film ends up being a warning about perhaps everything that we are doing wrong ... I have not made the film to criticize anything or anyone. What happens is that once filmed, in the editing room, you realize the serious things it raises, but it was not my intention. I just wanted to do something for myself and her. Then you realize that issues such as loneliness arise, the way we cope with old age, the caregiver syndrome, the portrait of the pandemic ... Suddenly, you become aware of how difficult it is to take care of a person, of the bill What happens that work and how little it is valued. By lowering the ball to the ground, at one point you have no qualms about admitting that taking care of your father costs you money, that you can afford it, but others cannot ... It was never the right thing to do. alleged,But you have to do it and expose the economic part. I am aware that not everyone can afford what I can. Because I work a lot and it costs me a lot to pay for everything. But his pension, like that of many people, does not give for anything. It's reality. I undress emotionally in the film, but I have an obligation to tell that reality as well. What seemed like a week of living together ended up being more than 90 days she and you in shared solitude. What was the most difficult thing about the confinement? In truth, I never made a decision. I didn't have time to take it. The confinement thing caught me like everyone else. But yes, he had never washed it. There are moments like the shower or other more intimate ... The mother can not do anything alone. There are things that we have not taken out in the film because it is not necessary to do so. In the beginning,there was much modesty on the part of both. So we choose to do it all with joy. Laughing has been the way to deal with everything.

The actor and director MIguel Ángel Muñoz.ALBERTO DILOLLI

Her profession, or the most frivolous part of it at least, turns matters like beauty or youth into merchandise. In a way, that's what his movie refutes. Do you feel the victim of a contradiction? We live in a society that lives with its back to death. It is taboo. And it must be revealed and the sooner the better. Older people come out of watching the movie and say to me: "I want to be like my father." And I answer them that as soon as their daughter or son offers them a cane, they should take it. And the walker too. And the wheelchair ... We get older and we have to accept it with dignity. You have to accept that, at some point in life, you cannot be alone. We are not used to accepting that we age and the problem is that, when we realize it, it is usually a little late. We have already fallen and broken our hips.Let's say that your film wants to be a vindication of good aging ... I would not say so much. This is a love story but it is about what happens when we get old. But it is not just about denouncing that the elderly are neglected. You should not be left with the guilt of what you do not do. You have to consider what I have to do so that when I reach my father's age, there will be someone to take care of me. If you have the attitude of the grandfather, any older person is going to have someone who does what I do. She is generous, grateful ... In general we feel entitled to be cared for just because we are family. And it is not like that. What you sow you reap. If you give love you receive love. Older people, many of them, complain that their children will not see them, but when they go,Do you really appreciate it? Let's talk about the father, which is the important thing. The life of the father has a book and seven movies. But she won't let me tell everything. Born in Mérida in 1924, she works in her mother's grocery store and since she was little she sells, makes bread ... She has always dedicated herself to caring for others. I remember I was struggling with that. It seems unfair to me. At 12 he left school because his mother fell ill and wanted him to take care of her ... At 40 he arrived in Madrid barely knowing how to read and write. He arrives in the capital to find his life and the first thing he does is look for an academy of manners! In the film, she says that until the time of confinement, no one had tickled her ... Like many women of her generation, she was never tickled, never held in their arms ... During confinement, they created togetherThat is the important thing. The life of the tata has a book and seven films. But she won't let me tell everything. Born in Mérida in 1924, she works in her mother's grocery store and since she was little she sells, makes bread ... She has always dedicated herself to caring for others. I remember I was struggling with that. It seems unfair to me. At 12 he left school because his mother fell ill and wanted him to take care of her ... At 40 he arrived in Madrid barely knowing how to read and write. He arrives in the capital to find his life and the first thing he does is look for an academy of manners! In the film she says that until the moment of confinement no one had tickled her ... Like many women of her generation, she was never tickled, never held in their arms ... During confinement, they created togetherThat is the important thing. The life of the tata has a book and seven films. But she won't let me tell everything. Born in Mérida in 1924, she works in her mother's grocery store and since she was little she sells, makes bread ... She has always dedicated herself to caring for others. I remember I was struggling with that. It seems unfair to me. At 12 he left school because his mother fell ill and wanted him to take care of her ... At 40 he arrived in Madrid barely knowing how to read and write. He arrives in the capital to find his life and the first thing he does is look for an academy of manners! In the film she says that until the moment of confinement no one had tickled her ... Like many women of her generation, she was never tickled, never held in their arms ... During confinement, they created togetherBut she won't let me tell everything. Born in Mérida in 1924, she works in her mother's grocery store and since she was little she sells, makes bread ... She has always dedicated herself to caring for others. I remember I was struggling with that. It seems unfair to me. At 12 he left school because his mother fell ill and wanted him to take care of her ... At 40 he arrived in Madrid barely knowing how to read and write. He arrives in the capital to find his life and the first thing he does is look for an academy of manners! In the film she says that until the moment of confinement no one had tickled her ... Like many women of her generation, she was never tickled, never held in their arms ... During confinement, they created togetherBut she won't let me tell everything. Born in Mérida in 1924, she works in her mother's grocery store and since she was little she sells, makes bread ... She has always dedicated herself to caring for others. I remember I was struggling with that. It seems unfair to me. At 12 he left school because his mother fell ill and wanted him to take care of her ... At 40 he arrived in Madrid barely knowing how to read and write. He arrives in the capital to find his life and the first thing he does is look for an academy of manners! In the film she says that until the moment of confinement no one had tickled her ... Like many women of her generation, she was never tickled, never held in their arms ... During confinement, they created togetherShe works in the grocery store that her mother had and since she was little she sells, makes bread ... She has always dedicated herself to taking care of others. I remember I was struggling with that. It seems unfair to me. At 12 he left school because his mother fell ill and wanted him to take care of her ... At 40 he arrived in Madrid barely knowing how to read and write. He arrives in the capital to find his life and the first thing he does is look for an academy of manners! In the film she says that until the moment of confinement no one had tickled her ... Like many women of her generation, she was never tickled, never held in their arms ... During confinement, they created togetherShe works in the grocery store that her mother had and since she was little she sells, makes bread ... She has always dedicated herself to taking care of others. I remember I was struggling with that. It seems unfair to me. At 12 he left school because his mother fell ill and wanted him to take care of her ... At 40 he arrived in Madrid barely knowing how to read and write. He arrives in the capital to find his life and the first thing he does is look for an academy of manners! In the film she says that until the moment of confinement no one had tickled her ... Like many women of her generation, she was never tickled, never held in their arms ... During confinement, they created togetherAt 40, he arrived in Madrid, barely knowing how to read and write. He arrives in the capital to find his life and the first thing he does is look for an academy of manners! In the film, she says that until the time of confinement, no one had tickled her ... Like many women of her generation, she was never tickled, never held in their arms ... During confinement, they created togetherAt the age of 40, he arrived in Madrid, barely knowing how to read and write. He arrives in the capital to find his life and the first thing he does is look for an academy of manners! In the film, she says that until the time of confinement, no one had tickled her ... Like many women of her generation, she was never tickled, never held in their arms ... During confinement, they created together

on Instagram ... Not everything is toxic on social media, she has close to 200,000 followers on Instagram. And the reason is that it transmits a positive message that helps others. In the preview of the film in the Capitol in Madrid you saw the poster of the film next to the Matrix and 1,200 people applauding her ... and she was so calm. I tell her, who is such a believer, that maybe God has her here to make this movie. You mentioned that we live with our backs to death and in the film he talks a lot about death - that's the point. Years ago I realized that the father was not immortal. Ours is a perfect love relationship, but you know that at any moment it will end. And yes it is important to be aware. We talk about all aspects of death: how you want your burial to be, how you want to prepare everything ...She lives it with absolute peace from faith. She is a devotee of San Judas Tadeo (who never fails her) and sleeps with the Virgin beside her. We have signed a power of attorney so that I can decide on your last wishes. We broke the taboo, we talked about it and it was clear to me what she wants. And are you a believer? Yes, but I don't know what. My favorite shot in the movie is her watching the dad on TV and me doing yoga. Each one respecting the other and our space. He is now ending as director, after a lifetime in the cinema: he debuted in 1995 inAnd are you a believer? Yes, but I don't know what. My favorite shot in the movie is her watching the dad on TV and me doing yoga. Each one respecting the other and our space. He is now ending as director, after a lifetime in the cinema: he debuted in 1995 inAnd are you a believer? Yes, but I don't know what. My favorite shot in the movie is her watching the dad on TV and me doing yoga. Each one respecting the other and our space. He is now ending as director, after a lifetime in the cinema: he debuted in 1995 in

, then the phenomenon

... until

, who won it.

Do you regret anything? I have been lucky to turn my hobby into my profession and I have always chosen projects.

Sometimes you think: "Is Leon de Aranoa, the one you want to work with, going to take the one that appears in MasterChef?"

But then you understand that people see you as they can or want and you will not be able to do anything to change that ... I only regret having said no to ringing the bell on television.

Now I would love to have that memory with the family.

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