Please use this link to purchase the 8-film package for Hanukkah
"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. Ripe with all the drama and interpersonal conflicts of a Jane Austen novel, watching her negotiate the labyrinth of familial pressure, religious precedent, and her own burgeoning sentiment is both painful and beautiful – there are no easy choices to be made and the viewer travels back and forth with her as she struggles with her heart to take the best path.
- Year2018
- Runtime95 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Spanish
- CountryMexico
- DirectorIsaac Cherem
- ProducerSalomon Askenazi, Elsa Reyes
- CastNaian González Norvind, Christian Vazquez, Carolina Politi, Daniel Adissi & Margarita San
Please use this link to purchase the 8-film package for Hanukkah
"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. Ripe with all the drama and interpersonal conflicts of a Jane Austen novel, watching her negotiate the labyrinth of familial pressure, religious precedent, and her own burgeoning sentiment is both painful and beautiful – there are no easy choices to be made and the viewer travels back and forth with her as she struggles with her heart to take the best path.
- Year2018
- Runtime95 minutes
- LanguageEnglish, Spanish
- CountryMexico
- DirectorIsaac Cherem
- ProducerSalomon Askenazi, Elsa Reyes
- CastNaian González Norvind, Christian Vazquez, Carolina Politi, Daniel Adissi & Margarita San