It's a memory movie, told from HIS perspective - not of Cleo's and the underclass. The movie is Cuaron's ode to his childhood. Shooting in Black & White and having a story involving the poor does not automatically denote Neo-Realism. It has been described, somewhat incorrectly, as Neo-Realist. It's less a series of events, as much as an observation of a year in the life of Cleo and the family she cares for. ROMA takes it's time developing its story-line. The fictionalized story renames the woman Cleo (a lovely natural performance by newcomer Yalitza Aparicio). It could just have easily been entitled 'Libo' for the movie is the filmmaker's reflection on the woman who helped raise him - his family's maid. The title refers to the neighborhood in Mexico City where Director Alfonso Cuaron grew up in the 70s.
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