If you are looking for a preplum of a movie set in Rome, Italy, your are at the wrong place. The Roma from the tittle refers to a district in Mexico City, where director Alfonso Cuarón grew up and to whom he gives and ode with this cioinema masterpiece.
A black and white movie always gets our attention nowadays and if it is a Cuarón one, even more. the story takes place in the 70s and it expands through one year in the life of wealthy family maid. But if you are eager for some soap opera kind of movie forget about it. This is not that kind of movie. This is just a movie where things are very real and where things just happen, because the characters are just human beings and life goes on for everybody, one way or another.
This movie is really a good piece of art and if you like European or Latin American cinema, you will definitely love it. But if you are expecting some kind of drama and action filled movie, just turn away. What makes the experience more fulfilling is watching it in its orignal version. It is music for your ears. A disfrutar!!
A black and white movie always gets our attention nowadays and if it is a Cuarón one, even more. the story takes place in the 70s and it expands through one year in the life of wealthy family maid. But if you are eager for some soap opera kind of movie forget about it. This is not that kind of movie. This is just a movie where things are very real and where things just happen, because the characters are just human beings and life goes on for everybody, one way or another.
This movie is really a good piece of art and if you like European or Latin American cinema, you will definitely love it. But if you are expecting some kind of drama and action filled movie, just turn away. What makes the experience more fulfilling is watching it in its orignal version. It is music for your ears. A disfrutar!!