First Trailer For Alfonso Cuarón’s ‘Roma’
Alfonso Cuarón returns to bring us his first feature film in five years.
Gravity was one of the best films of 2013. The sci-fi thriller achieved critical acclaim, became widely popular amongst mass audiences, was a smash hit at the box office, and went on to win seven Academy Awards. If you’ve been waiting to see how the esteemed director would follow up his technical marvel – like I have – then you won’t have to wait much longer. The first trailer for Cuarón’s latest film, Roma, is here. You can check out the trailer below.
The trailer doesn’t give much away in terms of plot, but the story appears to be extremely intimate and personal. Though Cuarón has previously handled successful commercial films like Gravity or The Prisoner of Azkaban, Roma seems to harken back to his indie roots. The story is said to be inspired by real women from his childhood, so it makes sense that Roma would be a more artistic and independent story.
The visuals also look absolutely gorgeous. Cuarón is acting as the cinematographer on Roma as well, and his talents definitely show. Despite being set in black and white, the film still appears to be aesthetically beautiful. Cuarón is a remarkable visionary, so it’ll be interesting to see how he does as writer, director, producer, editor, and cinematographer. Hopefully the end result will prove to be a personal, raw, and visceral experience.
Roma will chronicle the lives of a middle-class family in Mexico City during the 1970s. The official synopsis is as follows:
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), 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.
Roma will be available on Netflix on December 14, but it will have a limited theatrical run to qualify as an awards contender.
