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Collective

When government fails, we all pay the price.

7.5(204)20191h 49m2

In the aftermath of a tragic fire in a Romanian club, burn victims begin dying in hospitals from wounds that were not life threatening. A team of investigative journalists move into action uncovering the mass corruption of the health system and of the state institutions. Collective follows journalists, whistle blowers, and authorities alike. An immersive and uncompromising look into a dysfunctional system, exposing corruption, propaganda, and manipulation that nowadays affect not only Romania, but societies around the world.

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Status
Released
Budget
—
Box office
$200K
Language
English
  • corruption
  • health care
  • human rights

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Produced in

Germany, Luxembourg, Romania

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Videos

Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereSundance Film Festival23 Jan 2020
    • Digital / OTT20 Nov 2020
  • United KingdomGB

    • Digital / OTT20 Nov 2020
    • Physical15DVD18 Jan 2021
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalMA15+8 Apr 2021
  • CanadaCA

    • Premiere14AToronto International Film Festival6 Sept 2019
  • BrazilBR

    • Physical14IMDB25 Sept 2020
  • CzechiaCZ

    • PremiereOne World Film Festival7 Mar 2020
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical15 Sept 2021
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical22 Nov 2020
  • GreeceGR

    • PremiereThessaloniki Documentary Festival8 Mar 2020
    • TheatricalΚ-1214 Oct 2021
  • Hong KongHK

    • TheatricalIIB8 Jul 2021
  • IrelandIE

    • Digital / OTT1517 Nov 2019
  • IsraelIL

    • Digital / OTTDocaviv International Documentary Film Festival12 Sept 2020

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Collective was released on 13 February 2019.

Audience reviews

2
  • S

    SWITCH.

    4/6/2021

    9/10

    As we witness the chronological outcome of events, we reach a bleak and sudden ending that leaves us to ask the question - what now? That's precisely what many Romanians would also be asking of their government: should things slowly but surely improve on the path Vlad Voiculesu set them upon, or revert to old ways for ease, convenience and a share in the dirty money? Only time will tell. What is fortunate is that the…

  • B

    badelf

    6/8/2026

    9/10

    Corruption kills people. This is not metaphor, not hyperbole, not political rhetoric; it is the documented, undeniable truth at the heart of Collective, Alexander Nanau's devastating chronicle of the aftermath of the 2015 Colectiv nightclub fire in Bucharest. The film follows investigative journalists from the Sports Gazette as they uncover a network of medical corruption so grotesque it beggars belief: diluted di…

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