<p>In Alfonso Cuarón’s autobiographically inspired film, set in Mexico City in the early ’70s, we are placed within the physical and emotional terrain of a middle-class family whose center is quietly and unassumingly held by its beloved live-in nanny and housekeeper (Yalitza Aparicio). The cast is uniformly magnificent, but the real star of <em>ROMA</em> is the world itself, fully present and vibrantly alive, from sudden life-changing events to the slightest shifts in mood and atmosphere. Cuarón tells us an epic story of everyday life while also gently sweeping us into a vast cinematic experience, in which time and space <em>breathe</em> and majestically unfold. Shot in breathtaking black and white and featuring a sound design that represents something new in the medium, <em>ROMA</em> is a truly visionary work. A Netflix release.</p>
