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Posted: 2019-01-22T15:46:25Z | Updated: 2019-01-22T15:58:12Z

Roma, the moving portrait of a fractured middle-class Mexican family loosely based on director Alfonso Cuarn s youth, made history with the Oscars nominations announced Tuesday.

The black-and-white Spanish-language film tied Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon for the most nominations among foreign films with 10 , according to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Roma was nominated for Best Picture and Best Foreign Film, in addition to Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Cinematography for the 57-year-old Cuarn, who rooted the film in the Mexico City of his youth in the 1970s.

A nomination for Best Actress also found Yalitza Aparicio, who plays the indigenous housekeeper at the heart of the Netflix movie. She is just the second Mexican actress ever nominated in that category. Marina de Tavira also earned a nod for Best Supporting Actress.

Best Sound Mixing, Best Sound Editing and Best Production Design rounded out the nominations for Roma.