Drama

R.M.N.

A few days before Christmas, having quit his job in Germany, Matthias returns to his Transylvanian village. He wishes to involve himself more in the education of his son, Rudi, left for too long in the care of his mother, Ana, and to rid him of the unresolved fears that have gripped him. He’s also eager to see his ex-lover Csilla and preoccupied about his old father, Otto. When a few new workers are hired at the small factory that Csilla manages, the peace of the community is disturbed, underlying fears grip the adults, and frustrations, conflicts and passions erupt through the thin sliver of apparent understanding and calm.

Release Date : 2022-06-03

Language :FrenchGermanRomanianSinhaleseEnglishHungarian

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Mobra FilmsWhy Not ProductionsFrance 3 CinémaLes Films du FleuveFilmgate FilmsFilm i Väst

Production Country : BelgiumFranceRomaniaSweden

Alternative Titles : R.M.N

Cast

Character Name : Matthias

Original Name : Marin Grigore

Gender : Male

Character Name : Csilla

Original Name : Judith State

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ana

Original Name : Macrina Bârlădeanu

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mrs. Dénes

Original Name : Orsolya Moldovan

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : András Hatházi

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Rácz Endre

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : József Bíró

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Ovidiu Crișan

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Zoltán Deák

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Cerasela Iosifescu

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Andrei Finti

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Miklos Bacs

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Alin Panc

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Victor Benderra

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Amitha Jayasinghe

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Gihan Edirisinghe

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Nuwan Karunarathna

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Kovacs Levente Jr.

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Némedi-Varga Csilla

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Orban Attila

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Boros-Piroska Klara

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Lucian Ifrim

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Mark Edward Blenyesi

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Fekete Beata

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Szucs Tamas

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Nagy Csilla

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Szabo Andras-Botond

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Axel Moustache

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Rares Hontzu

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Stefan Statnic

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Carla Todoran

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Maria Dragus

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Ecaterina Ladin

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Gheorghe Ifrim

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-10-08

After a bit of an altercation with a co-worker in a meat processing factory in Germany, the slightly thuggish "Matthias" (Marin Grigore) returns to his rural Romanian village where his less than delighted to see him wife "Ana" (Macrina Barladeanu) is trying to bring up their young son "Rudi" (Mark E. Blenyesi). The young lad has clearly suffered from some sort of trauma and so doesn't ever speak. "Matthias" needs to find a job, but the local employer - a bakery run by "Csilla" (Judith Slate) - is fully staffed, though largely by migrant workers including a family from Nepal. What now ensues is quite a telling drama that tries to reconcile the familial differences between the troubled trio whilst also looking at the impact of immigration on small towns where local employment - that pays sufficiently well to maintain adequate standards of living - is particularly sparse. It looks at a xenophobia but with a justifiable, almost sympathetic eye and it also takes a look at the role of the ostensibly tolerant and all-encompassing religious establishment that is perhaps not as Christian as we might expect. This community is not intrinsically racist but perhaps just a little bit nimby-ist - and often with a degree of plausible just cause. I can't say I loved the ending - it was incomplete and rather unsatisfactory for me, but the efforts from the actors and the sometimes quite potent writing offers us an intimate view on just how grand design politics can impact small, traditional, communities.