Alfonso Cuarón · 2018 · Mexico City
The film looks remembered. Its places are real, and some were rebuilt, borrowed or moved: the house, the avenues, even the sea.
The pan
Seven frames. Turn the camera along them and read what the film sets in each, then where it was shot.
1 of 7 frames seen
On screen: Cleo walks a child to kindergarten.
Cleo walks a child to kindergarten.
The Boston Globe lists Kinder Condesa, Tlaxcala 105, Roma Sur, as the kindergarten where Cleo escorts a child.
The Boston Globe says it is an active school and describes no way in for visitors.
Tlaxcala 105, Roma Sur
A working school, so there is no way in and it is not pinned. The photograph shows a nearby Roma Sur street, not the school.
Two doors
Wikipedia says 22 Tepeji Street, Colonia Roma, is the house where the film was shot, and that a plaque there marks it.
The Boston Globe says visitors photograph the filming house from outside, and that its plaque reads “Aqui Se Filmo ROMA”.
The team bought an empty house in Colonia Roma that was slated for demolition, and used it as a set and as a shelter for interiors in the rainy season.
The location manager says the team looked at about 150 houses. Cuarón wanted double-height ceilings and a garage. The location manager says two avenue sets were built from scratch on a federal government site found with Google Earth: Insurgentes Avenue with the cinema street, and the avenue where the mother crashes between two trucks.
Two private homes on a residential street, so no address is pinned here. Wikipedia says a plaque marks the filming house; look from the pavement and keep to it.
The way home
The theatre, the restaurant, the hospital entrance and the avenue at Metro Normal can be seen from the street. The kindergarten is a working school and is not pinned. The Tepeji houses are private and are not pinned. The beach is in Tabasco and has no pin.
4 places you can look at in Mexico City, plus a school, two private houses and a beach in Tabasco that are named but not pinned.
Pins mark public places; private homes are named but not pinned.
Building reference · Public access · Not an exact scene or camera position; not a visitor route. A working hospital. The Boston Globe says visitors can see the entrance and the courtyard murals; go only as a patient or visitor and respect the wards.
Avenida Cuauhtémoc 330, Colonia Doctores
The Boston Globe gives Hospital Siglo XXI, Avenida Cuauhtémoc 330, Doctores, as the setting of pivotal scenes, and says its entrance and courtyard murals can be seen.
A working hospital. The Boston Globe says visitors can see the entrance and the courtyard murals; go only as a patient or visitor and respect the wards.
Stay
A small hotel in Condesa, on the other side of Avenida Veracruz.
Condesa, Mexico City
A 40-room hotel in Condesa on the border with Roma, on the far side of Avenida Veracruz from the film’s neighbourhood. Pictured: a Roma Sur street, not the hotel.
Check the hotel for rooms and rates
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Marketplace searches for walks of Roma and the historic centre.
Roma Sur, Mexico City
Live marketplace results for walks of Roma Norte and Roma Sur, where the film’s houses and kindergarten stand. Check each route.
Live marketplace results · itineraries change
Compare toursCentro Histórico, Mexico City
Live marketplace results for tours of the Centro Histórico, where La Casa del Pavo and the Teatro Metropólitan are a short walk apart. Check what each includes.
Live marketplace results · itineraries change
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Nothing dated for the film is listed at these places now.
No current dated events are listed. Check providers for the latest programme.
Dates, prices, rooms and stock change: confirm with the provider before you travel or buy. A stay or tour is described as a filming location only where the card says so.
Every place and moment behind this page, with sources.
7 of 7 places · 7 of 7 stories
Calle Tepeji, Colonia Roma Sur, Mexico City
The film’s family house mirrors Cuarón’s childhood home at Tepeji 21; the filming house, across the street, is Tepeji 22.
Tlaxcala 105, Roma Sur
Cleo escorts a child to a kindergarten on Tlaxcala, in Roma Sur.
Avenida Cuauhtémoc 330, Colonia Doctores
Cleo and Sofía arrive at Hospital Siglo XXI for pivotal scenes; the production used it for five months.
Avenida Independencia 90, Centro
Cleo and Adela meet their dates at the Teatro Metropólitan and go to the cinema.
Motolinía 40, Centro Histórico
Cleo and Adela eat a turkey sandwich at La Casa del Pavo before the cinema.
Avenida Ribera de San Cosme, near Metro Normal
The 1971 student march and the attack on it are recreated on Ribera de San Cosme, over two days on a closed section of a main street.
Barra de Tupilco, Tabasco
The family’s beach outing is set in Tuxpan, Veracruz, but was filmed in Tabasco.
Every place in Roma leads somewhere else.
