‘Roma’ Trailer: Filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón Returns With A Deeply Personal Film Coming Soon To Netflix

Five years ago, Alfonso Cuarón took us all on a sweeping journey through space in his epic dramatic thriller “Gravity.” Now, Cuarón seems to be reversing that approach in his newest semi-autobiographical drama “Roma” – a picture he’s referred to as his “most essential movie” to date. The highly-anticipated title now finally has its first official trailer, courtesy of Netflix.

“Roma” centers on young domestic worker Cleo (played by Yalitza Aparicio) who works for a middle-class family in the titular neighborhood of Roma, Mexico City. Surrounded by co-workers, family, and children, Cleo struggles to find contentment in “love and solidarity” within her community, all while facing the daunting issues of social hierarchy and economic class prejudices. With a project this personal to Cuarón it almost seems fitting that he gets direct visual control of the project. We now have our first look at Cuarón’s stunning black and white cinematography in the first trailer for the film.

Here’s the official synopsis, courtesy of Netflix: 

The most personal project to date from Academy Award®-winning director and writer Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity, Children of Men, Y Tu Mama Tambien), Roma chronicles a turbulent year in the lives of a middle-class family in 1970s Mexico City. Cuarón, inspired by the women from his childhood, delivers an artful ode to the matriarchy that shaped his world.

A vivid portrayal of domestic strife and social hierarchy amidst political turmoil, Roma follows a young domestic worker Cleo (Yalitza Aparicio) from Mixteco heritage descent and her co-worker Adela (Nancy García García), also Mixteca, who work for a small family in the middle-class neighborhood of Roma. Mother of four, Sofia (Marina de Tavira), copes with the extended absence of her husband, Cleo faces her own devastating news that threatens to distract her from caring for Sofia’s children, whom she loves as her own. While trying to construct a new sense of love and solidarity in a context of a social hierarchy where class and race are perversely intertwined, Cleo and Sofia quietly wrestle with changes infiltrating the family home in a country facing confrontation between a government-backed militia and student demonstrators.

Filmed in luminous black and white, Roma is an intimate, gut-wrenching and ultimately life-affirming portrait of the ways, small and large; one family maintains its balance in a time of personal, social and political strife. 

From producers Gabriela Rodriguez, Nicolás Celis, and Cuarón himself, “Roma” is slated for a fall release on Netflix following its premiere at the Venice Film Festival – as well as its subsequent screenings at the Toronto International, New York, and Telluride Film Festivals. Check out the first full trailer below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fp_i7cnOgbQ&feature=youtu.be