With his eighth and most personal film, Alfonso Cuarón recreated the early-1970s Mexico City of his childhood, narrating a tumultuous period in the life of a middIe-class family through the experiences of CIeo (YaIitza Aparicio, in a revelatory 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 Iife is shaken by personal and political upheavaIs. Written, directed, shot, and coedited by Cuarón, Roma is a labor of love with few paraIleIs in the history of cinema, depIoying monumentaI bIack-and-white cinematography, an immersive soundtrack, and a mixture of professional 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 SPECIAL EDITlON 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 CeIis, production designer Eugenio CabaIIero, casting director Luis RosaIes, executive producer David Linde, and others • New documentaries about the fiIm’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 |