The emotional ‘reunion’ of an illustrator with the film she worked on after almost 70 years lost

The children of Ana María Intxausti could not believe when, a week ago, they were able to see images of ‘Tay-Pi dreams‘, an animated film in which his mother worked and which, after its premiere in 1952, was lost for almost 70 years.

“I have always been investigating a little, looking for it, and logically it was not,” explains Juan Carlos, one of Ana María’s children. When they saw the report on laSexta, they immediately set out to get his mother to see the movie to which he dedicated so much effort. “My mother has had golden hands since she was a young girl and apart from the film she has always dedicated herself to painting pictures,” explains her daughter Ana.

Although he devoted two years to the production of ‘The Dreams of Tay-Pi’, Ana María had to wait almost 70 to see her: Now, at last he has been able to do it, after the Spanish Film Library sent a copy to his family.

Furthermore, as if it were a movie, the unexpected reunion with the film took place on the most special date of the year: Ana María was born precisely on Christmas Day and this year she was 90 years old. Because, his children wanted to surprise him on Christmas’ Eve.

“I was very excited, after so long“, says Ana María, whom seeing ‘Los Sueños de Tay-Pi’ with her entire family reunited has awakened many memories. from ‘Garbancito de la Mancha’ “, he recalls.

On December 29, everyone who goes to the Cine Doré in Madrid will be able to see ‘Los Sueños de Tay-Pi’, but before that appointment, Ana María was the first spectator. A privilege more than deserved.