Cleo

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Cleo is the indigenous live-in housekeeper and emotional center of Alfonso Cuarón’s film "Roma," whose personal struggles unfold against the backdrop of 1970s Mexico City.

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Cleo canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
film character
indigenous woman character
appearsIn Roma
associatedWithTheme class
domestic labor
ethnicity
gender
motherhood
political unrest in 1970s Mexico
cinematicSignificance representation of indigenous domestic workers in Mexican cinema
createdBy Alfonso Cuarón
emotionalBondWith the children she cares for
ethnicity indigenous Mexican
experiences romantic abandonment
social marginalization
unplanned pregnancy
fictionalTimePeriod 1970s
filmDebutIn Roma
filmGenreContext drama
semi-autobiographical film
firstAppearanceYear 2018
gender female
inspiredBy Libo Rodríguez
languageSpoken Mixtec
Spanish
livesWith a bourgeois family in Mexico City
medium black-and-white feature film
narrativeArc personal struggles intertwined with national turmoil in 1970s Mexico
narrativeFunction emotional center of Roma
narrativePerspective semi-autobiographical representation of Alfonso Cuarón’s childhood housekeeper
nationality Mexican
occupation domestic worker
live-in housekeeper
portrayedBy Yalitza Aparicio
relationshipToChildren caregiver to the family’s children
residence Mexico City
roleInWork protagonist of Roma
setAgainstBackdropOf Mexico City in the early 1970s
setAgainstEvent Corpus Christi massacre
socialClass working class
symbolizes emotional stability within a fractured family
resilience of marginalized women
visualPortrayal often framed in long takes and deep focus shots
often shown performing domestic chores
worksFor a middle-class family in Mexico City

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Roma mainCharacter Cleo
subject surface form: Roma (2018 film)