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R.M.N.

R.M.N.

  • Status: Released
  • 03-06-2022
  • Runtime: 125 min
  • Score: 6.959
  • Vote count: 160

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.

Marin Grigore

Matthias

Judith State

Csilla

Macrina Bârlădeanu

Ana

Orsolya Moldovan

Mrs. Dénes

András Hatházi

The Mayor

Rácz Endre

Tibi

József Bíró

The Catholic Priest

Ovidiu Crișan

Mr. Baciu

Zoltán Deák

Zsolt

Cerasela Iosifescu

Mrs. Baciu

Andrei Finti

Papa Otto

Miklos Bacs

Doctor Szántai

Alin Panc

Traian

Victor Benderra

Ben

Amitha Jayasinghe

Mahinda

Gihan Edirisinghe

Alick

Nuwan Karunarathna

Rauff

Kovacs Levente Jr.

The Policeman

Némedi-Varga Csilla

Mrs. Miklós

Orban Attila

Mr. Miklós

Boros-Piroska Klara

Mrs. Gyöngyösi

Lucian Ifrim

The Recruitment Agent

Mark Edward Blenyesi

Rudi

Fekete Beata

Kinga

Szucs Tamas

Géza

Nagy Csilla

Réka

Szabo Andras-Botond

András

Axel Moustache

The Slaughterhouse Foreman

Rares Hontzu

The Protestant Pastor

Stefan Statnic

The Custom Officer

Carla Todoran

Mara

Maria Dragus

Steffi

Ecaterina Ladin

Aura

Gheorghe Ifrim

Vasile Brebu

Csaba Székely

Flute Player

Diana Malutan

Villager (uncredited)

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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.

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