R.M.N.
2022 drama film written and directed by Cristian Mungiu
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R.M.N. is a 2022 drama film produced, written and directed by Cristian Mungiu. Set in a multi-ethnic village in Transylvania, Romania, during the 2019–20 holiday season, based on the 2020 Ditrău xenophobic incident,[6] it follows a man who returns from Germany and his ex-lover who works in the village. Mungiu named the film after a Romanian acronym for nuclear magnetic resonance, as the film is "an investigation of the brain, a brain scan trying to detect things below the surface".[7]
- Marin Grigore
- Judith State
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| Directed by | Cristian Mungiu |
| Written by | Cristian Mungiu |
| Produced by | Cristian Mungiu |
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| Cinematography | Tudor Vladimir Panduru |
| Edited by | Mircea Olteanu |
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Running time | 125 minutes |
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| Budget | €2.8 million[5] |
| Box office | $738,520[1] |
The film had its world premiere in the main competition of the 2022 Cannes Film Festival on 21 May 2022, where it was nominated for the Palme d'Or. It was theatrically released in Romania on 3 June 2022 by Voodoo Films.
Cast
- Marin Grigore as Matthias
- Judith State as Csilla
- Macrina Bârlădeanu as Ana
- Orsolya Moldován as Mrs. Dénes
- Andrei Finți as Papa Otto
- Mark Blenyesi as Rudi
- Ovidiu Crișan as Mr. Baciu
Production
Mungiu wrote the screenplay in the spring of 2021.[7] Filming took place from November 2021 to January 2022 in Rimetea and other villages across Transylvania.[5]
Release
The film premiered at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival in the main competition. In May 2022, IFC Films acquired the North American rights ahead of the premiere,[8] and released it in US theaters on April 28, 2023.[9]
It also screened at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival,[10] in the Contemporary World Cinema category, as well as at the 29th edition of the European Film Festival Palić, and the 15th edition of the Central and Eastern European Film Festival in Luxembourg.
Reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 96% of 69 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 8.1/10. The website's consensus reads: "R.M.N.'s spare, elegant approach lends a deceptively cool surface to its caustic take on cultural divisions."[11] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 81 out of 100, based on 20 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[12]
Accolades
It was awarded the Golden Tower for Best Film at the 2022 European Film Festival Palić[13][14] and received a Special Mention from the Press Jury of the 2022 CinEast Film Festival in Luxembourg.[15]