In 2015, a fire at Bucharest's Colectiv club leaves 27 dead and 180 injured. Soon, more burn victims begin dying in hospitals from wounds that were not life-threatening. Then a doctor blows the whistle to a team of investigative journalists. One revelation leads to another as the journalists start to uncover vast health care fraud. When a new health minister is appointed, he offers unprecedented access to his efforts to reform the corrupt system but also to the obstacles he f... (Full plot summary below)
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In 2015, a fire at Bucharest's Colectiv club leaves 27 dead and 180 injured. Soon, more burn victims begin dying in hospitals from wounds that were not life-threatening. Then a doctor blows the whistle to a team of investigative journalists. One revelation leads to another as the journalists start to uncover vast health care fraud. When a new health minister is appointed, he offers unprecedented access to his efforts to reform the corrupt system but also to the obstacles he faces. Following journalists, whistle-blowers, burn victims, and government officials, Collective is an uncompromising look at the impact of investigative journalism at its best.
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| Austin ChronicleJosh KupeckiWhat makes Nanau’s film utterly compelling is the unfettered access he had to both the Sports Gazette journalists and to Minister of Health Voiculescu. There are no interviews or talking heads here: Everything unfolds as it is happening. |
| San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonA fascinating documentary that seems to unfold over real time. |
| VarietyJay WeissbergThis is truly a documentary for our times, deserving of widespread exposure. |
| Original-CinLiam LaceyGranted a rare degree of access to reporters, and later to the Minister of Health, Collective is a tribute to people who work together to uncover the truth, even if the immediate benefits are not obvious. |
| The PlaylistChris BarsantiClear-eyed and clinical without being detached from the human cost, this is a riveting drama of catastrophic amorality told with a cold fury. |
| Los Angeles TimesJustin ChangThe horrors of Collective are sickeningly specific; the implications, as suggested by its comprehensive indictment of a title, are universal. |
| CineVueChristopher MachellCollective is a brilliant documentary in its own right, but in this time of pandemic, scandal and democratic upheaval it is also the year’s most important. |
| RogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyAlexander Nanau's Collective has a propulsive energy, relentlessly building in urgency and outrage. |
| The GuardianPeter BradshawThe cynicism and indifference to suffering is truly horrible, and a kind of insidious evil rises from the screen like carbon monoxide, and also a terrible sadness. |
| IndieWireEric KohnFrom its opening moments to the devastating finale, Collective plays like a gripping real-time thriller, merging the reportorial intensity of “Spotlight” with the paranoid uncertainty of “The Manchurian Candidate” as it explores the national fallout of a tragedy that won’t let up. |
