Plaza Catedral

Alicia, 42, has withdrawn from the world after the death of her son and the end of a difficult marriage. Her solitary life in Panama City is interrupted when Chief, a fourteen-year-old who earns money watching over parked cars, turns up at her home wounded and bleeding. Helping him draws her back into contact with the city around her and sets the two on a shared path that neither expected.

Plaza Catedral is a Panamanian drama with thriller elements, written, produced and directed by Abner Benaim. It is his second feature, released in 2021, and it precedes Tropical Paradise, his 2026 film. Ilse Salas plays Alicia, with Fernando Xavier De Casta as Chief, Manolo Cardona as Diego, Marcos Bernal Lopez as Lucas, Luan Sampo Valdés as the baby Lucas and Elsa Fajardo as Juana. The film runs 94 minutes and was made for about 2 million dollars.

On IMDb it holds a 6.7 rating from 713 votes, while on TMDB it has a 6.4 from 14 votes. A smaller group of critics gave it 7.3 out of 10 across eight reviews, placing their assessment somewhat above the audience scores. The vote counts indicate a modest but real viewership, and the critical response suggests the film was taken seriously by those who reviewed it.