Collective

Genre: Documentary

Runtime: 109 mins

Rated: NR

Release Date: 2019

Countries: Romania, Luxembourg

Languages: English, Romanian

DIRECTED BY:

Alexander Nanau

WRITTEN BY:

Alexander Nanau, Antoaneta Opris

CAST INCLUDES:

Razvan Lutac, Mirela Neag, Catalin Tolontan, Tedy Ursuleanu, Vlad Voiculescu

ANGELIKA’S NOTE

COLLECTIVE follows a heroic team of journalists at the Sports Gazette in a gripping, ever-twisting exposé as they uncover shocking corruption in the Romanian national healthcare system. Closely tracking the efforts of the Gazette team as they methodically discover layer upon layer of fraud and criminal malfeasance, Alexander Nanau's COLLECTIVE is a fast-paced, real-time detective story rated a near-perfect 99% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes and heralded as "a full on masterpiece" by Rolling Stone. Following journalists, whistle-blowers, burn victims, and government officials, the doc ultimately provides audiences with an uncompromising look at the impact of investigative journalism at its best.

SYNOPSIS

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.