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Roma
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Roma is a 2018 black-and-white drama film written, directed, produced, and edited by Alfonso Cuarón. The cast includes Yalitza Aparicio and Marina de Tavira. The film was produced by Participant, Esperanto Filmoj, and Netflix, with Eugenio Caballero serving as production designer. It was filmed in Mexico City, which also serves as the narrative location. The original languages are Spanish and Mixtec.
The film has a runtime of 135 minutes and a budget of 15,000,000. It was distributed by Netflix and released on November 21, 2018. Roma received the Golden Lion, the Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography, the Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Director, and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Film. It was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Non-English Language Film, Best Director, and Best Screenplay, as well as the Academy Award for Best Picture.
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7.6In 1970s Mexico City, two domestic workers help a mother of four while her husband is away for an extended period of time.
Cast
- Yalitza Aparicio as Cleo Gutiérrez
- Marina de Tavira as Sofía
- Diego Cortina Autrey as Toño
- Carlos Peralta as Paco
- Marco Graf as Pepe
- Daniela Demesa as Sofi
Themes
- mexico city, mexico
- 1970s
- middle class
- family relationships
- black and white
- maid
- autobiographical
- master servant relationship
- domestic worker
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Ratings
IMDb
7.6/10
176,987 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
96%
Metacritic
96/100
- Year
- 2018
- Runtime
- 135 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Won 3 Oscars. 255 wins & 229 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Alfonso Cuarón
- Written by
- Alfonso Cuarón
- Produced by
- Gabriela Rodríguez Alfonso Cuarón Nicolás Celis
- Starring
- Yalitza Aparicio Marina de Tavira Jorge Antonio Guerrero
- Cinematography
- Alfonso Cuarón
- Edited by
- Alfonso Cuarón Adam Gough
- Production companies
- Espectáculos Fílmicos El Coyúl Pimienta Films Participant Media Esperanto-Filmoj
- Distributed by
- Espectáculos Fílmicos El Coyúl (Mexico) Netflix (Worldwide)
- Release dates
- 30 August 2018 ( 2018-08-30 ) ( Venice ) 21 November 2018 ( 2018-11-21 ) (Mexico and United States) 14 December 2018 ( 2018-12-14 ) (Netflix)
- Running time
- 135 minutes
- Countries
- Mexico United States
- Languages
- Spanish Mixtec
- Budget
- $15 million
- Box office
- $5.1 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Roma is a 2018 historical drama film written, produced, and directed by Alfonso Cuarón, who also served as cinematographer and co-editor. Set in 1970 and 1971, Roma follows the life of a live-in indigenous mixteca housekeeper of an upper-middle-class Mexican family. It is a semi-autobiographical take on Cuarón's upbringing in Mexico City's Colonia Roma neighborhood. The film stars Yalitza Aparicio and Marina de Tavira. It is an international co-production between Mexico and the United States.
Roma premiered on 30 August 2018 at the 75th Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Golden Lion. It began a limited theatrical run in the United States on 21 November 2018, before streaming on Netflix in the U.S. and other territories starting on 14 December 2018.
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