2/4/2019 1 Comment *spoiler*roma (2018)Director: Alfonso Cauron
Roma is about a maid named Cleo who works for a wealthy family's life in the early 1970s in Mexico. It also talks about the family she works for, how she and the house lady are treated during the period. Roma is a fairly serious and slow movie. Each shot is stretched and has a very slow pace. It starts off with some uncomfortably long scenes. It shows how Cleo was cleaning the house for solid five minutes. The whole movie is also in black and white, which I always think that black and white are better at expressing atmosphere by enhancing light and shadow. The cinematography is incredible. Every scene is very pretty. *Spoiler* Despite the slow paced scenes, there are a lot of scenes that have a strong and intense emotional impact on audiences. When Sofia hugged her husband closely from behind when he was leaving, she probably knows that he is leaving for good. But in front of the kids, all she did was hugged him, and says "We are all here, waiting for you." She still has hope in this family. However, when Sofia drove home drunk and looked over to Cleo, she said " we are all alone." She was hurt and desperate. Both her and Cleo were hurt by the people who are supposed to be responsible to their relationship, but they left. Cleo went to find the guy who made her pregnant, but he threatened her and yelled "You servant" at her. *Spoiler* The last part when Cleo has lost her kid and Sofia finally filed the divorce, they went on a vocation to the beach. The scene where Cleo saved the children and cried. She didn't cry when she found out that man has ditched her when she told him she's pregnant with his child. She didn't cry when she traveled all the way to find the guy and she was yelled at and threatened to stay away. She didn't cry when her water was broke and the guy pointed the gun at her. She cried when she lost her baby and when she finally tells someone how she felt, how she didn't want the baby. It was such a raw emotion that at first I didn't how to handle it. But I was deeply happy and relieved when she said so. Surprisingly I didn't enjoy this movie when I just finished watching it. But as I was ready to write this review, I'm liking this movie a lot more then I was. I guess I needed time to let this movie sit a bit. Rating: 9.2/10
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