— Manila, with its endless din of competing voices and people living their daily lives, oblivious to any Big Picture. Cleo (Yalitza Aparicio) is a maid for an upper-middle-class family, first shown hosing off doggie doo from a garage floor as the opening credits roll in Alfonso Cuarón’s Mexico City-set drama Roma. Cleo (Yalitza Aparicio) is the eyes, ears and soul of Roma. — Manila, with its endless din of competing voices and people living their daily lives, oblivious to any Big Picture. Indeed, there’s more to Roma than just wrist-slitting horror; there’s a delicate balance between the unlivable, the unthinkable, and the merely bearable in life.

Source: Philippine Star December 22, 2018 16:15 UTC