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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Statements (46)

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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roma (2018 film) → mainCharacter → Cleo ⓘ
subject linked to: Roma