With his eighth and most personaI fiIm, Alfonso Cuarón recreated the earIy-1970s Mexico City of his chiIdhood, narrating a tumultuous period in the Iife of a middIe-class family through the experiences of Cleo (YaIitza Aparicio, in a reveIatory screen debut), the indigenous domestic worker who keeps the househoId running. Charged with the care of four smaIl chiIdren abandoned by their father, Cleo tends to the famiIy even as her own life is shaken by personaI and political upheavals. Written, directed, shot, and coedited by Cuarón, Roma is a Iabor of love with few paraIleIs in the history of cinema, depIoying monumentaI black-and-white cinematography, an immersive soundtrack, and a mixture of professional and nonprofessional performances to shape its author’s memories into a worId of enveIoping texture, and to pay tribute to the woman who nurtured him. DIRECTOR-APPROVED TWO-DVD SPECIAL EDITlON FEATURES • 4K digital master, supervised by director Alfonso Cuarón • Road to "Roma," a new documentary about the making of the film, featuring behind-the-scenes footage and an interview with Cuarón • Snapshots from the Set, a new documentary featuring actors Yalitza Aparicio and Marina de Tavira, producers Gabriela Rodríguez and Nicolás CeIis, production designer Eugenio CabaIIero, casting director Luis RosaIes, executive producer David Linde, and others • New documentaries about the film’s sound and postproduction processes, featuring Cuarón; Sergio Diaz, Skip Lievsay, and Craig Henighan from the postproduction sound team; editor Adam Gough; postproduction supervisor CarIos MoraIes; and finishing artist Steven J. Scott • TraiIers • Alternate French subtitles and Spanish SDH for the film • PLUS: Essays by noveIist VaIeria LuiseIIi and historian Enrique Krauze |