Collective

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Collective presents a darkly effective overview of the cycle of political corruption and public cynicism that takes hold when government abrogates its responsibility to the people.

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Movie Info

Directed by Alexander Nanau (TOTO AND HIS SISTERS), COLLECTIVE follows a heroic team of journalists as they uncover shocking, widespread corruption. After a deadly nightclub fire, the mysterious death of the owner of a powerful pharmaceutical firm, and the quiet resignation of a health minister—seemingly unrelated events, all within weeks of each other—the team of intrepid reporters exposes a much larger, much more explosive political scandal. COLLECTIVE is a fast-paced, real-time detective story about truth, accountability, and the value of an independent press in partisan times.

Genre:

documentary
Original Language:

Romanian
Director:

Alexander Nanau
Producer:

Hanka Kastelicová, Bernard Michaux, Alexander Nanau, Bianca Oana
Release Date (Theaters):

Nov 20, 2020 limited
Release Date (Streaming):

Nov 20, 2020
Runtime:

1h 49m
Production Co:

Alexander Nanau Production, Samsa Film, HBO Europe
Aspect Ratio:

Flat (1.85:1)

Cast & Crew

Alexander Nanau
Director

Alexander Nanau
Writer

Antoaneta Opris
Writer

Hanka Kastelicová
Producer

Bernard Michaux
Producer

Alexander Nanau
Producer

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Critic Reviews for Collective (Colectiv)

All Critics (97) | Top Critics (28) | Fresh (96) | Rotten (1)

[It] digs deeper through the morass of power, corruption and lies. You keep waiting for someone to say, 'Forget it, Jake, it's Bucharest.'

November 23, 2020 | Rating: 4.5/5 | Full Review…

David Fear
Rolling Stone
Utterly compelling and profoundly depressing...

November 22, 2020 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Wendy Ide
Observer (UK)
For all the horror, Nanau is an exhilarating film-maker, trusting us to keep pace without talking heads.

November 21, 2020 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…

Danny Leigh
Financial Times
It is so disturbing, but it also very rewarding in the sense of how journalism ought to function.

November 21, 2020 | Full Review…

Claudia Puig
FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
It is, among other things, a film about how a young idealist tries to cope with the reality of a situation in a political arena. It's quite remarkable on every level.

November 21, 2020 | Full Review…

Peter Rainer
FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
This is a documentary about a few things: journalism, what we should expect from our government, and how to figure out the truth when people don't want you to know... It's incredible to watch.

November 21, 2020 | Full Review…

Amy Nicholson
FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
Collective is brave and thought-provoking cinema at its best. A pulsating and timely docu-thriller. [Full Review in Spanish]

January 11, 2021 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…

Rene Sanchez
Cine Sin Fronteras
Many movies have fictionalized the journalistic process, but, in using the documentary form, "Collective" uniquely shows its truth.

January 9, 2021 | Rating: 10/10 | Full Review…

Jonathan W. Hickman
The Newnan Times-Herald
Bad spirals down toward a seemingly bottomless worse, while you, appalled moviegoer, get to watch this helix of death from a front-row seat.

December 30, 2020 | Full Review…

Stuart Klawans
The Nation
It is probably the greatest film about shoe-leather journalism since Tom McCarthy's 2015 film, Spotlight.

December 28, 2020 | Full Review…

Chris Barsanti
PopMatters
...exposes a shocking degree of corruption in the Romanian government and health care system.

December 19, 2020 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review…

Sarah Boslaugh
TheArtsStl
Eerily reminiscent of what happens when government puts their own personal interests ahead of the people who have elected them to have their back. Collective is an in your face documentation of how the Romanian gov't crumbled at the seams.

December 16, 2020 | Full Review…

Carla Renata
The Curvy Film Critic