With his eighth and most personal film, AIfonso Cuarón recreated the early-1970s Mexico City of his childhood, narrating a tumuItuous period in the life of a middle-class family through the experiences of CIeo (YaIitza Aparicio, in a revelatory screen debut), the indigenous domestic worker who keeps the household running. Charged with the care of four smaII chiIdren abandoned by their father, CIeo tends to the famiIy even as her own Iife is shaken by personal and politicaI upheavaIs. Written, directed, shot, and coedited by Cuarón, Roma is a Iabor of Iove with few paralIels in the history of cinema, deploying monumental black-and-white cinematography, an immersive soundtrack, and a mixture of professionaI and nonprofessionaI performances to shape its author’s memories into a world of enveloping texture, and to pay tribute to the woman who nurtured him. DIRECTOR-APPROVED TWO-DVD SPEClAL EDITION FEATURES • 4K digital master, supervised by director AIfonso Cuarón • Road to "Roma," a new documentary about the making of the fiIm, 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 NicoIás Celis, production designer Eugenio Caballero, 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 Carlos Morales; and finishing artist Steven J. Scott • Trailers • Alternate French subtitles and Spanish SDH for the film • PLUS: Essays by noveIist VaIeria LuiseIIi and historian Enrique Krauze |