Panama’s internationally best-known helmer, Abner Benaim (“Ruben Blades Is Not My Name”) has just completed the shoot for his second fiction feature film, “Plaza Catedral,” starring Mexico’s Ilse Salas (“The Good Girls”), and Manolo Cardona (“Narcos”).
Salas plays a 42-year old grief-stricken woman, Alicia, who has severed her ties with married life and society. Her life is turned upside down when a 14-year old boy, “Chief,” who looks after people’s cars, comes bleeding into her house.
The boy is played by first time actor, Fernando de Casta, who was chosen from over 250 kids who came in for open casting in the same neighborhoods in Panama´s old town where the film’s plot takes place.
“What started out as a very small production quickly turned into medium-size, and sometimes large for Latin American standards,” explained Benaim.
“We had a very demanding schedule, many locations, and Panama’s tropical weather to deal with.
Salas plays a 42-year old grief-stricken woman, Alicia, who has severed her ties with married life and society. Her life is turned upside down when a 14-year old boy, “Chief,” who looks after people’s cars, comes bleeding into her house.
The boy is played by first time actor, Fernando de Casta, who was chosen from over 250 kids who came in for open casting in the same neighborhoods in Panama´s old town where the film’s plot takes place.
“What started out as a very small production quickly turned into medium-size, and sometimes large for Latin American standards,” explained Benaim.
“We had a very demanding schedule, many locations, and Panama’s tropical weather to deal with.
- 10/17/2019
- by Martin Dale
- Variety Film + TV
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