8/3/2023 0 Comments Rmn cerebralWith bleak serenity of a man who has peered into the abyss and responded with a smile, the filmmaker offers no answer or easy way out to the intractable, and perhaps foundational, human capacity for hate than with his own virtuosic talent. Though he pulls no punches in skewering the blind and hypocritical hatred of a townsfolk who - nearly to a person - have at one point been economic migrants themselves, nor does he offer any easy liberal pieties to soothe the mind and ease the bitterness explored. Whereas up until now Mungiu constructed his films around singular experiences (imagining the pursuit of an abortion under Ceaușescu’s oppressive regime or a father’s attempt to serve his daughter by selling his soul one piece at a time as moral and ethical thrillers), with “R.M.N.” he takes a wider view, diagnosing an entire town (and the larger culture it represents) with a cancerous brain rot. ‘Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn’ Film Review: Romanian Oscar Entry Explores the Meaning of XXX Privacy and Hypocrisy By way of filial duties, Matthias also has to deal with an ailing father (whose need for an MRI - RMN in Romanian - gives the film its title) and a son too shell-shocked by that unknown forest sight to speak.īut the film is just as much Csilla’s story, following the native Hungarian as she carves out a comfortable middle-class existence, devoting herself to her EU-assisted startup and sacrificing whatever personal projects she might have in order to gain affluence in a post-industrial town whose long-shuttered mine has left both water source and the hearts of the men who lost their jobs poisoned for good. Soon enough the corners come together and the shape becomes more clear as the part-Roma, part-German Matthias (Marin Grigore) returns to his native Transylvania town either to make amends with his estranged wife Ana (Macrina Barladeanu) or, failing that, to rekindle the flame with former mistress Csilla (Judith State). Cristian Mungiu’s ‘R.M.N.’ Acquired by IFC Films Ahead of Cannes PremiereĪt first we struggle with the pieces of this puzzle: Who is this man in Germany who flees his worksite after one racist taunt too many? What shocking sight does this child see when traipsing through a forest? And why oh why are we spending this long in an industrial bakery watching the two managers fill out EU grant applications?
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