Sometimes he gave the cast contradictory instructions to see what would happen, and if it would yield movie magic. The project is perhaps the most personal of his career -- a near-retelling of his childhood in Mexico City, in the Roma neighborhood, at 21 Tepeji Street. One such scene was when Cuaron's mother asks the children to write letters to their father, who they believe is on a work trip. When designer Eugenio Caballero, an Oscar winner for "Pan's Labyrinth," got the call from Cuaron, the first thing he asked for was the script. After talking over long hours with Cuaron, he recreated the director's childhood home, right down to its Rationalist architecture.

Source: Philippine Star February 17, 2019 03:33 UTC