Yalitza Aparicio, Marina De Tavira, Diego Cortina Autrey, Carlos Peralta. Originally released in 2018. Wide screen (2.39:1). Special features: Road to "Roma", a new documentary about the making of the film, featuring behind-the-scenes footage and an interview with Cuaron; Snapshots from the set, a new documentary featuring cast and crew; new documentaries about the film's sound and postproduction process; new documentary about the film's ambitious theatrical campaign and social impact in Mexico; trailers; Plus: essays by novelist Valeria Luiselli and historian Enrique Krauze.
Summary:
With his eighth and most personal film, Alfonso Cuaron recreated the early 1970s Mexico City of his childhood, narrating a tumultuous period in the life of a middle-class family through the experiences of Cleo, the indigenous domestic worker who keeps the household running. Charged with the care of four small children abandoned by their father, Cleo tends to the family even as her own life is shaken by personal and political upheavals.
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