R.M.N.

R.M.N. is a 2022 drama film written and directed by Cristian Mungiu. Set in a multiethnic village in Transylvania, Romania, during the 2019–20 holiday season, the film 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". The film is based on the 2020 Ditrău xenophobic incident.

The film premiered in competition at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2022.

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 and other villages across Transylvania.

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, and released it in US theaters on April 28, 2023.

It also screened at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival, 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.

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 Luxembourg.