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roma in context
brief plot summary
cleo is a maid who works for an upper class family, works with another maid, adela
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antonio (dad)
antonio is always going on work trips, which affects his relationship with the whole family
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cleo is dating fermin, goes on a double date with adela and her boyfriend - watching a movie
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at another movie date, cleo tells fermin that she is pregnant. he leaves to 'go to the bathroom' but doesn't return
cleo tells sofia that she is pregnant, crying, thinking that she is going to be fired. sofia says that she is not going to be fired, and takes her to a doctor.
for christmas, they go to sofias brothers estate. amongst this a fire breaks out due to a land dispute
once they are back at home, cleo and the family go to watch a movie, where antonio can be seen with another woman in the background. sofia tries to hide this from the children, but paco overhears
cleo goes looking for fermin again. she tries to tell him that she is carrying his child and he threatens to hurt her and the child if she ever sees him again
teresa goes shopping for a crib with cleo while a protest takes place outside. this becomes violent. customers are held at gunpoint, including cleo. the man holding cleo at gunpoint happens to be fermin (extract 1)
cleo's water breaks and she is rushed to hospital. unable to find a heartbeat, she goes under surgery, but, unfortunately her baby is stillborn
returning to work, sofia tells the kids that they are going to go on a holiday. cleo is invited to come as a guest.
sofia admits that antonio never went to canada and that he's not coming back. the kids cry, but, Sofia says that everything will be okay
(at the beach) toni, sofi and paco go for a swim. Cleo, unable to see them, goes to rescue them, despite not knowing how to swim. She admits that she never wanted to have her baby.
returning home, antonio has moved out. a lot is missing, but, the children now have bigger rooms. returning to some sort of normalcy, cleo says to adela “i have so much to tell you” and prepares a load of washing(extract 2)
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Genre
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Conventions
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shows the life of the poor, unfiltered
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