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R.M.N.

MFF Cannes
Main Competition
2022

A non-judgemental analysis of the driving forces of human behaviour when confronted with the unknown, of the way we perceive the other and on how we relate to an unsettling future - from the multi-award-winning director Cristian Mungiu.

A few days before Christmas, having quit his job in Germany, Matthias returns to his multi-ethnic 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 the boy of the unresolved fears that have taken hold of him. He’s preoccupied with his old father, Otto and also eager to see his ex-lover, Csilla. 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 veneer of apparent understanding and calm.

Cristian Mungiu

Cristian Mungiu is a Romanian filmmaker born in Iaşi, Romania, in 1968. His debut film, OCCIDENT / WEST, premiered in Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes in 2002 and was an audience hit in Romania. In 2007, his second feature, 4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS AND 2 DAYS, was awarded the Palme d’Or in Cannes. It also won the European Film Academy awards for Best Film and Best Director. Mungiu returned to Cannes in 2009 as a writer-producer-co- director with the collective episodic film TALES FROM THE GOLDEN AGE, and as a writer-director in 2012 with BEYOND THE HILLS – double awarded for Best Screenplay and Best Actresses. BACALAUREAT / GRADUATION, his fifth film presented in Cannes, won Best Director in 2016.

Watch Cristian Mungiu's Beyond the Hills on Edisonline.

Directed by
 Cristian Mungiu
Written by
 Cristian Mungiu
Edited by
Mircea Olteanu
Cinematography
 Tudor Vladimir Panduru
Sound by
Marius Leftãrache
Starring
Marin Grigore, Judith State, Macrina Barladeanu, Orsolya Moldován, Rácz Endre, József Bíró, Andrei Finti

Original title
R.M.N.
English title
R.M.N.
Year
2022
Country
Romania, France, Belgium, Sweden
Language
RO, HU, DE, EN, FR, SIN
Subtitles
CZ
Running time
125 min
Genre
Drama
Age rating
15+
Release date
17. 11. 2022

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Little White Lies

"Another very special film from this exceptionally gifted and thoughtful (and extremely angry) director."

Hollywood Reporter

"A piercing slow-burn drama that’s both layered and abstruse."

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