One of the most talked about and anticipated films of 2018 has to be Alfonso Cuarón’s “Roma.” The upcoming film, distributed by Netflix, was the subject of intense debate between the streaming service and the Cannes Film Festival well before the film’s premiere. “Roma” was the eventual winner of the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. And Cuarón’s latest is the film that has single-handedly changed how Netflix releases its films, having an exclusive theatrical run before hitting the streaming service.
So, needless to say, there are a lot of film fans wondering just how a Spanish-language black and white film set in the ‘70s is able to garner so much acclaim and intrigue. And with the release of the latest trailer for the film, you can get a glimpse as to why people are calling the film a masterpiece.
The trailer is almost completely without dialogue, as it shows the basic set up of the film. “Roma” tells the story of the life of a young domestic worker in Mexico City, as she encounters all the drama surrounding the family she’s employed for and the political turmoil of Mexico during that era. But really, what the trailer is able to accomplish is prove to audiences that “Roma” is a film that deserves to be seen on the biggest screen possible with the best sound system available.
“Roma” will hit select theaters on November 21 before being released globally on Netflix on December 14.
Here’s the official synopsis:
The most personal project to date from Academy Award®-winning director and writer Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity, Children of Men, Y Tu Mama Tambien), ROMA follows Cleo (Yalitza Aparicio), a young domestic worker for a family in the middle-class neighborhood of Roma in Mexico City. Delivering an artful love letter to the women who raised him, Cuarón draws on his own childhood to create a vivid and emotional portrait of domestic strife and social hierarchy amidst political turmoil of the 1970s. Cuarón’s first project since the groundbreaking Gravity in 2013.