The film follows Portman as a woman named Celeste, beginning with a violent tragedy and charting her rise to mega pop stardom over the course of 18 years.
Without his usual collaborator Emmanuel Lubzeki on hand, Cuarón served as his own cinematographer for the first time on Roma, shooting on 65mm in black-and-white.
But the Mexican filmmaker’s latest, said to be his most personal film to date, won’t look anything like that 3D space thriller or his more mainstream fare.
The latest film from Kenyan director Wanuri Kahui garnered attention before it even made its debut at Cannes earlier this year.