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The cinema of two very different cultures will be the focus of programs at the Jerusalem and Tel Aviv cinematheques next week: the Bavaria region of Germany and Mexico.

However, as soon as Ariela leaves the mikveh, she quickly changes clothes in her car. She exchanges her formal dress for jeans, T-shirt and sneakers. This outfit signals that this is the real Ariela, a 25-year-old artist who paints impressive murals on the facades of local buildings. Her work takes her out of the upper-class neighborhoods of Mexico City where her Syrian Jewish family lives and into the more bohemian sections of the city. Working downtown is a respite for Ariela, who often feels stifled by her community’s expectations. Syrian Jewish girls are expected to marry young and to ...

Set in modern-day Mexico City, director Isaac Cherem's "Leona" breaks from tradition with a story about breaking from tradition.

741 shares Naian González Norvind as the title character in 'Leona,' directed by Isaac Cherem. (Photo by Diana Garay, courtesy of Fosforescente/ Menemsha Films) Christian Vazquez, left, as Iván, and Naian González Norvind in 'Leona,' directed by Isaac Cherem. (Photo by Diana Garay, courtesy of Fosforescente/ Menemsha Films) A still from 'Leona,' directed by Isaac Cherem. (Photo by Diana Garay, courtesy of Fosforescente/ Menemsha Films) Naian González Norvind as the title character in 'Leona,' directed by Isaac Cherem. (Photo by Diana Garay, courtesy of Fosforescente/ Menemsha Films)...

At the start of the film “Leona,” an indie drama set in Mexico City, protagonist Ariela watches her close friend immerse in a mikvah, or ritual bath, with a group of other family and friends. It’s an awkward but festive occasion, as the friend’s wedding is fast approaching. After leaving, as soon as she enters her car, Ariela quickly changes clothes, out of a formal dress and into jeans, a white tee and sneakers. She then hurries to do a freelance painting job, creating a large mural on the facade of a local building. It’s a big swing between two vastly different worlds — that of ...