R.M.N

"R.M.N." addresses xenophobia through powerful storytelling and vivid imagery. Mungiu's realistic style, combined with strong performances from Grigore, Bârlădeanu, and State, highlights the universality of xenophobia. A gripping 17-minute town meeting scene demonstrates Mungiu's filmmaking prowess. However, the film falters in developing the townspeople, who become a faceless mob rather than nuanced characters, diminishing the emotional impact and connection to the overall narrative.

Observant, powerful, depressing work of realism about xenophobia and racism running rampant, religion's complicity, and how "democracy" is redefined to accommodate these attitudes. Mungiu hints to education as the only wildcard.

The village meeting scene is outstanding. I enjoy Mungiu's approach, employing longer shots, though I would say that if you're going to do that, you need to leave me with better imagery, not that this is bad or anything. With that said, it's nice to see this subject matter in a different country. I agree with NBP, making the townspeople a faceless mob is a wasted opportunity to craft something smarter than most movies. The ending is thematically rich but a little odd given the realism of the res

Good portrait of things that (can) happen in a Romanian village society, but the last 3 minutes of the movie totally put me off - where did that come from? https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/120011/what-does-csilla-s-apology-mean-in-the-final-scene-of-r-m-n

Intresting Symbolic ScreenPlay!!!