Roma
Overview
Roma is a 2018 drama film written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón, set in Mexico City in the early 1970s. The film follows Cleo (Yalitza Aparicio), a live-in housekeeper for a middle-class family. The film is a black-and-white, intimate, and visually stunning portrait of a year in her life. It is a meditation on family, class, and the importance of the often-invisible women who hold households together. It was a critical and commercial success, earning over $5 million on a $15 million budget (it was released on Netflix). The film was nominated for ten Academy Awards, winning three for Best Director, Best Cinematography, and Best Foreign Language Film. Yalitza Aparicio gave a remarkable, natural performance as Cleo, earning an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. The film is a masterpiece of cinema and a must-see for fans of Cuarón.
