Ariela is a young Jewish woman living in Mexico City, working as a muralist. She is one of the last of her friendship group to be married, and her family is keen for her to marry a Jewish man from within the close-knit Jewish community. But when she falls in love with Ivan, who is not Jewish, she comes under intense pressure from her family and the community to break off with him. The lecturer introducing the movie explained that although there had always been Jews in Mexico, there was an influx of Jews from Syria in 1918 with the breakup of the Ottoman Empire, and that they formed a tightly-held, exclusive and prosperous community in Mexico City. This was a lovely film, and the main actress was luminous. In many ways, it could have been set in any Jewish community throughout the world, but it was interesting to see this community in Mexico.
I enjoyed it.
The Resident Judge of Port Phillip 
Until my Gap Year spent overseas in 1966, I had never met a Mexican. Then in Israel I met three gorgeous young Mexican men who my parents would have thoroughly approved of – multi lingual, university educated and very family focused. I will love Leona 🙂