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Film News: 38th Chicago Latino Film Fest Opens with ‘Plaza Catedral’ on April 21, 2022
CHICAGO – A hybrid spring film festival – both in-person and online – kicks offs with the 38th edition of the Chicago Latino Film Festival (CLFF). The Opening Night Panamanian film “Plaza Catedral,” will screen April 21st, 2022, at the Drive-In theater, ChiTown Movies. Click CLFF for details.
“Plaza Catedral” tells the story of Alicia (Ilse Salas) – still in mourning after the death of her six-year-old son in a freak accident plus divorced from Diego (Manolo Cardona) – and 13-year-old “Chief” (Fernando Xavier de Casta), who makes a living “watching” parked cars. Alicia meets Chief when she tries to park her car right in front of her building, and days later he appears at her doorstep, bleeding from a gunshot wound. Her decision to let him in leads to an unforeseen emotional bond.
Panamanian’s ‘Plaza Catedral’ Opens the 38th CLFF on April 21st, 2022
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The 38th Chicago Latino Film Festival (CLFF) will take place from April 21st through May 1st, 2022, and will present 50 features and 36 short films from Latin America, Spain, Portugal and the United States. The Festival will once again adopt a hybrid format with in-person screenings at the Landmark Century Center, 2828 N. Clark Street, several Drive-In presentations at ChiTown Movies, 2343 S. Throop Street., and with virtual screenings via Eventive accessible to residents of Illinois and the Midwest states of Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan and Indiana.
By PATRICK McDONALD |