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Isaac was born in 1992 in Mexico City. He graduated from The Los Angeles Film School and in 2015 he founded Fosforescente, a production company solely focused on Mexican cinema. In 2021 he premiered Leona (2018) nationwide in the USA and Mexico. He still knows all the dialogues from Shrek by heart.
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- Director, Writer, Producer
- Mexico, Distrito Federal, Mexico
- Isaac Cherem
Feb 11, 2021 · Isaac Cherem’s directorial debut, Leona, opens on a sunlit mikveh. This is the tevilah, a full-body immersion into a ritual bath, of Rebeca (Ana Kupfer), and it’s a joyful occasion. As she dunks into the water, the bride-to-be splashes the retinue of women who watch her undergo this rite, breaking the moment’s solemnity.
Feb 12, 2021 · “Leona,” a marvelous new drama from the young Mexican-Jewish director Isaac Cherem, opens with a mikvah scene unlike any in cinema. A beautiful woman is tastefully photographed in the nude...
Leona is a 2018 Mexican drama film and the feature film directorial debut of Isaac Cherem. It was written by Cherem and Naian González Norvind. González Norvind also stars as the protagonist as a young Jewish woman in Mexico City that falls for a non-Jewish man, Iván (Christian Vazquez).
2,419 Followers, 598 Following, 937 Posts - Isaac Cherem (@nocomofrutas) on Instagram: "@malcriadocafe".
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Directed by Isaac Cherem. Mexico, 2021. Drama. Spanish (with English subtitles) 95 minutes. "Leona" is an intimate, insightful, and moving film that tells the story of a young Jewish woman from Mexico City who finds herself torn between her family and her forbidden love.
Jan 14, 2020 · Leona is the feature-length debut of Mexico City-based director Isaac Cherem. It follows Ariela (played by the film’s co-writer Naian González Norvind), a member of the Jewish community, as she...
