Roma creates history, first Mexican film to win the best foreign film

Los Angeles: It was a moment "Viva Mexico" at the 91st Academy Awards since "Roma" became the first feature film of the country to receive the Oscar in the category of Best film in foreign language.

Alfonso Cuaron, a black and white masterpiece, was declared the winner in the segment, which also included "Cold War" (Poland), "Shoplifters" (Japan), "Never Look Away" (Germany) and "Capernaum" (Lebanon) as nominated candidates.

Set in the 1970s, in the Mexican film Colonia Roma, the movie Netflix articulates around the life of a middle-clbad housekeeper, Cleo.

Performed by the first actor and actor Best nominated actress Yalitza Aparacio, the character of Cleo was inspired by the housekeeper and nanny of the couple Cuaron, Liboria "Libo" Rodríguez, to whom he also dedicated the film.

It was the eighth time that a Mexican feature film was nominated in the best foreign language film category.

"I grew up watching foreign language movies and learning so much from them." Movies such as "Citizen Kane," "Jaws," and & # 39; "Rashomon", "The Godfather" and "Out of Breath" were my inspirations, "he said in his acceptance speech.

"" There are no waves, there is only one ocean ". Tonight's nominees have proved that we were part of the same ocean, "he added, citing the French filmmaker Claude Chabrol.

It is interesting to note that the companions of Cuaron and his Mexican filmmakers – Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu and Guillermo del Toro have already been nominated same category.

In another disc, "Roma" is also the first Netflix movie to be nominated for an Oscar and to win the prize.

He also received a Golden Globe, the Critics' Choice Movie Award and the BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

The film, described as the most personal work of Cuaron so far, has been facing fierce competition of another monochrome: the film of the Polish director Pawel Pawlikovski, "Cold War".

"Roma" is also the fifth film and the first Mexican film to be nominated in the categories Best foreign language and Meil their film after "Love" (2012), "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" (2000), "Life is Beautiful" (1998) and "Z" (19 69).