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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.
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).
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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...
