Newcomer Yalitza Aparicio

____________________ Yalitza Aparicio makes an ____________________ natural debut as Cleo , ____________________ worker for a well - to - do family headed by Doctor ____________________ ( Fernando Grediaga ) , at their ____________________ ____________________ in the ____________________ Roma ____________________ . Antonio drives a ____________________ black Ford Galaxie that he ____________________ into the house's tiled ____________________ ____________________ he is home , an ____________________ rare event . His wife , Sofía ( Marina de Tavira ) , is a ____________________ by trade , but her life seems ____________________ ruled by anxiety about her ____________________ ____________________ . Also in the house are Sofía's ____________________ , her elderly mother and their ____________________ ____________________ dog , Borras . Cleo spends her days tending to the ____________________ ? looking after the kids , ____________________ food , ____________________ washing floors , dishes and clothes . She ____________________ in best friend Adela ( Nancy García ) , and strikes up a ____________________ with ____________________ buck Fermín ( Jorge ____________________ Guerrero ) , who takes her to the park and to the ____________________ , and ____________________ in naked ____________________ of his martial arts skills . But like Antonio , Fermín ____________________ an ____________________ partner , ____________________ Cleo to fend for herself when things get ____________________ , refusing to take ____________________ for his actions .