Roma trailer shows off Alfonso Cuaron’s Netflix Oscar contender

The Mexican drama has been scoring rave reviews since its festival debut in August

If you haven't yet heard about Netflix film Roma, you soon will.

The latest film from Children of Men director Alfonso Cuarón, his first since 2013's Gravity, is a personal tale billed as a love letter to the women who raised him.

Set in the early 1970s, Roma follows the life of a middle-class family and their live-in housekeeper, played by Yalitza Aparicio, in Mexico City.

The film has been scoring rave reviews since its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival in August where it won its top prize, the Golden Lion. Last year's recipient was Guillermo del Toro's The Shape of Water which went on to win Best Picture at the Oscars earlier this year.

Roma will be released on Netflix on 14 December but is set to receive a limited run in cinemas from 29 November in order for it to compete against films such as A Star Is Born, First Man and Widows in the forthcoming awards race.

Regardless of whether it'll earn a Best Picture nomination, Roma will be competing as Mexico's official entry in the Foreign Language category.

Cuarón's previous credits also include A Little Princess (1995), Y Tu Mamá También (2001) and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004).