Mungiu named the film after a Romanian acronym for nuclear magnetic resonance, as the film is "an investigation of the brain, a brain scan trying to detect things below the surface".

[6] Filming took place from November 2021 to January 2022 in Rimetea and other villages across Transylvania.

In May 2022, IFC Films acquired the North American rights ahead of the premiere,[8] and released it in US theaters on April 28, 2023.

's spare, elegant approach lends a deceptively cool surface to its caustic take on cultural divisions.

"[11] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 81 out of 100, based on 20 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".