

Collective
When government fails, we all pay the price.
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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7.5/10
204 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- —
- Box office
- $200K
- Language
- English
- corruption
- health care
- human rights
Top billed cast
Behind the camera
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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- S9/10
SWITCH.
4/6/2021
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…
- B9/10
badelf
6/8/2026
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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