Movies which have minimum a plot, but is more a cinema verite has its own beauty to appreciate. Roma is one such. We enter the story at one point, with Antonio about to leave the family, and we leave the story at another point, as the wife and the children get ready to continue life without their father. In the meantime, Cleo, the family's live-in maid of an indigenous origin, has her own personal troubles, while at one point saving two of the children from drowning. It is upon saving the two children that Cleo has a confession to make, and possibly that motivated her to save the two children with no care for her own life. In the background, lots happen as the story is set in early 1970s in Mexico City - including the Mexican Dirty War.
The hustle and bustle of the city, the beautiful chaos that children bring to their home - and Cleo, who is more a parent to the kids, then their own, as their real parents try sort their own affairs, all make a beautiful, and an enjoyable cinematic experience. At the time this movie tied in number for the most number of Oscar nominations for a non-English movie (with Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)
Oscar Award Winner, 2019 for:
Best Foreign Language Film
Best Director (Cuarón for Roma )
Best Cinematography
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