Director reveals title and plot details of his upcoming Mexico-set film.
Alfonso Cuarón revealed at a press conference in Mexico City on Tuesday (14 March) that he has finished shooting his new film Roma.
The project saw the director return to his native Mexico for a 1970s-set drama about a year in the life of a middle-class family.
According to The Associated Press, Cuarón said the success of his previous film Gravity enabled him to make this personal project back in his homeland.
“Movies are like a cereal box - at the bottom there is the promise of a toy,” he told reporters.
”Gravity was that cereal box and I got that little toy, which usually leads to a bigger film with more production, with more stars. But I decided to return to Mexico City to make this movie with the resources I had always dreamed about.”
He added: “I can live abroad, but my head...
Alfonso Cuarón revealed at a press conference in Mexico City on Tuesday (14 March) that he has finished shooting his new film Roma.
The project saw the director return to his native Mexico for a 1970s-set drama about a year in the life of a middle-class family.
According to The Associated Press, Cuarón said the success of his previous film Gravity enabled him to make this personal project back in his homeland.
“Movies are like a cereal box - at the bottom there is the promise of a toy,” he told reporters.
”Gravity was that cereal box and I got that little toy, which usually leads to a bigger film with more production, with more stars. But I decided to return to Mexico City to make this movie with the resources I had always dreamed about.”
He added: “I can live abroad, but my head...
- 3/15/2017
- by orlando.parfitt@screendaily.com (Orlando Parfitt)
- ScreenDaily
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