Roma is a 2018 drama film written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón, who also produced, shot,

and co-edited it. 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.[11][12]
The film had its world premiere at the 75th Venice International Film Festival on 30 August
2018, where it won the Golden Lion. It began a limited theatrical run in the United States on 21
November 2018, before streaming on Netflix in the US and other territories starting on 14
December 2018.[13][14] The film received universal acclaim, with particular praise given to
Cuarón's screenplay, direction and cinematography, as well as Aparicio's and de Tavira's
performances.
Roma has received a number of accolades, among them 10 nominations at the 91st Academy
Awards, including Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actress (Aparicio) and Best
Supporting Actress (de Tavira); it became the first Mexican entry to win Best Foreign Language
Film, also winning Best Cinematography and Best Director, becoming the first foreign language
film to win in the last category, and marking a second Best Director win for Cuaron
following Gravity in 2013. It was tied with The Favourite as the most-nominated film of the
show, and with Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) for the most Academy Award
nominations ever received by a film not in the English language. It also won Best
Director and Best Foreign Language Film at the 76th Golden Globe Awards, Best
Picture and Best Director at the 24th Critics' Choice Awards, and Best Film, Best Film Not in
the English Language, Best Direction and Best Cinematography at the BAFTA Film Awards.