Roma

Drama

Set in 1970 and 1971, Roma, which is a semi-autobiographical take on Cuarón's upbringing in the Colonia Roma neighborhood of Mexico City, stars Yalitza Aparicio and Marina de Tavira and follows the life of a live-in housekeeper of a middle-class family.

Directed by: Alfonso Cuarón
Starring: Yalitza Aparicio, Marina de Tavira
Produced by: Alfonso Cuarón, Gabriela Rodríguez, Nicolás Celis
Written by: Alfonso Cuarón

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 (USA)
Release date: 30 August 2018 (Venice), 21 November 2018 (United States), 14 December 2018 (Mexico)

Running time: 135 minutes
Country: Mexico
Language: Spanish, Mixtec

Cast

Yalitza Aparicio as Cleodegaria "Cleo" Gutiérrez, one of the family's maids
Marina de Tavira as Sofía, the mother of the family
Fernando Grediaga as Antonio, Sofía's absent husband
Jorge Antonio Guerrero as Fermín, Cleo's lover
Marco Graf as Pepe
Daniela Demesa as Sofi
Diego Cortina Autrey as Toño
Carlos Peralta as Paco
Nancy García as Adela, Cleo's friend, and one of the family's maids
Verónica García as Teresa, Sofía's mother
José Manuel Guerrero Mendoza as Ramón, Adela's lover
Latin Lover as Professor Zovek
Allen Borrelli as the American Military Trainer

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