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Roma
MEXICO · 2018

Roma

Alfonso Cuarón
domestic labor motherhood class struggle family dynamics 1970s Mexico City
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Synopsis

In 1970s Mexico City, two domestic workers help a mother of four while her husband is away for an extended period of time.

Cinema Atlas Connection
I revisited a lot of Mexican films, particularly from the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema, like Buñuel’s Los Olvidados to kind of remember the texture and the sounds of Mexico City.

I revisited films that portray human experiences, the passing of life. The Apu Trilogy, 'Pather Panchali' especially, for the way it portrays childhood and family. That was very important.

— Alfonso Cuarón  ·  Collider - Alfonso Cuarón on How Netflix Saved ‘Roma,’ Why He Shot in Black & White, and More
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