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Abner Benaim

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Abner Benaim
CHANCE is a tropical comedy about two live in housemaids who take over their employer's house. Pitch Tona and Paquita work as live-in housemaids at the Gonzales-Dubois, an aristocratic Panamanian family. For a long time they have been mistreated and poorly paid. When the family prepares to go on a shopping trip abroad, the maids have something completely different in mind.
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Abner Benaim is known for Plaza Catedral (2021), Ruben Blades Is Not My Name (2018) and Chance (2009).
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      • 12 wins & 9 nominations total

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    Known for

    Plaza Catedral (2021)
    Plaza Catedral
    6.7
    • Director
    • 2021
    Ruben Blades Is Not My Name (2018)
    Ruben Blades Is Not My Name
    7.2
    • Director
    • 2018
    Chance (2009)
    Chance
    6.5
    • Director
    • 2009
    Invasión (2014)
    Invasión
    6.8
    • Director
    • 2014

    Credits

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    Director

    • Untitled Jaime Alemán Documentary
      • director
      • Filming
    • La vida simple (The Simple Life)
      • Director
      • Pre-production
    • Paraiso tropical (Tropical Paradise) (2026)
      Paraiso tropical (Tropical Paradise)
      8.2
      • Director
      • 2026
    • Plaza Catedral (2021)
      Plaza Catedral
      6.7
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Ruben Blades Is Not My Name (2018)
      Ruben Blades Is Not My Name
      7.2
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Zachrisson (2016)
      Zachrisson
      8.5
      Short
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Panama Canal Stories (2014)
      Panama Canal Stories
      7.1
      • Director (segment "1977")
      • 2014
    • Short Plays (2014)
      Short Plays
      5.0
      • Director (segment "Panama")
      • 2014
    • Invasión (2014)
      Invasión
      6.8
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Maids and Bosses (2010)
      Maids and Bosses
      7.8
      • Director
      • 2010
    • Chance (2009)
      Chance
      6.5
      • Director
      • 2009
    • El Otro Lado: La Joya (2005)
      El Otro Lado: La Joya
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2005
    • El Otro Lado: Panama Gay
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2005
    • Good Vibes
      • Director
      • 2004

    Producer

    • Wild Gleaming Space (Luminoso espacio salvaje) (2024)
      Wild Gleaming Space (Luminoso espacio salvaje)
      • producer
      • 2024
    • Plaza Catedral (2021)
      Plaza Catedral
      6.7
      • producer
      • 2021
    • Inland (2019)
      Inland
      • producer
      • 2019
    • Inland (2018)
      Inland
      7.0
      • producer
      • 2018
    • Ruben Blades Is Not My Name (2018)
      Ruben Blades Is Not My Name
      7.2
      • producer
      • 2018
    • Zachrisson (2016)
      Zachrisson
      8.5
      Short
      • producer
      • 2016
    • Invasión (2014)
      Invasión
      6.8
      • producer
      • 2014
    • Maids and Bosses (2010)
      Maids and Bosses
      7.8
      • producer
      • 2010
    • Chance (2009)
      Chance
      6.5
      • producer
      • 2009
    • El Otro Lado: La Joya (2005)
      El Otro Lado: La Joya
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2005
    • El Otro Lado: Panama Gay
      TV Series
      • producer
      • 2005
    • Good Vibes
      • producer
      • 2004

    Writer

    • La vida simple (The Simple Life)
      • Writer
      • Pre-production
    • Paraiso tropical (Tropical Paradise) (2026)
      Paraiso tropical (Tropical Paradise)
      8.2
      • Writer
      • 2026
    • Plaza Catedral (2021)
      Plaza Catedral
      6.7
      • Writer
      • 2021
    • Ruben Blades Is Not My Name (2018)
      Ruben Blades Is Not My Name
      7.2
      • Writer
      • 2018
    • Zachrisson (2016)
      Zachrisson
      8.5
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2016
    • Invasión (2014)
      Invasión
      6.8
      • Writer
      • writer
      • 2014
    • Maids and Bosses (2010)
      Maids and Bosses
      7.8
      • Writer
      • 2010
    • Chance (2009)
      Chance
      6.5
      • writer
      • 2009
    • El Otro Lado: La Joya (2005)
      El Otro Lado: La Joya
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 2005
    • El Otro Lado: Panama Gay
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 2005
    • Good Vibes
      • Writer
      • 2004
    • In-development projects at IMDbPro

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