''R.M.N.'' is a 2022 drama film produced, written and directed by

Cristian Mungiu Cristian Mungiu (; born 27 April 1968) is a Romanian filmmaker. He won the Palme d'Or at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival for his film '' 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days'', which he wrote and directed. He has also won the awards for Best Screenplay and ...

. Set in a multi-ethnic village in

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, during the 2019–20 holiday season, based on the

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, it follows a man who returns from

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and his ex-lover who works in the village. Mungiu named the film after a Romanian acronym for

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, as the film is "an investigation of the brain, a brain scan trying to detect things below the surface". The film had its world premiere in the main competition of the

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on 21 May 2022, where it was nominated for the

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. 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. Filming took place from November 2021 to January 2022 in

Rimetea Rimetea (until 1925 ''Trascău''; ; ) is a commune located in Alba County, Transylvania, Romania. It is composed of two villages, Colțești (formerly ''Sângeorzul Trascăului''; ''Torockószentgyörgy''; ''Sankt Georgen'') and Rimetea. A forme ...

and other villages across

Release

The film premiered at the

in the main competition. In May 2022,

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acquired the North American rights ahead of the premiere, and released it in US theaters on April 28, 2023. It also screened at the

2022 Toronto International Film Festival The 47th annual Toronto International Film Festival was held from September 8 to 18, 2022. The 2022 festival was staged primarily in-person; a small selection of films were offered on the Digital TIFF Bell Lightbox platform, but this represente ...

, in the Contemporary World Cinema category, as well as at the 29th edition of the

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, and the 15th edition of the Central and Eastern European Film Festival in Luxembourg.

Reception

Accolades

It was awarded the Golden Tower for Best Film at the 2022 European Film Festival Palić and received a Special Mention from the Press Jury of the 2022 CinEast Film Festival in

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References

External links

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