Synopsis
Director: Alexander Nanau
109 min, Romania, 2019
“A harrowing, masterly documentary” (New York Times), this jaw-dropping exposé “doesn’t just open your eyes but tears you apart” (Variety). From Romanian nonfiction master Alexander Nanau (Toto and His Sisters) comes this gripping chronicle of a tenacious journalist’s effort to uncover a vast national conspiracy and the new health minister appointed to clean up the corruption. Voted best documentary at the Toronto International Film Festival (Indiewire), Collective is named for a shocking incident at a Bucharest night club that went up in flames in 2016, and the resulting fallout, which revealed systemic fault-lines of neglect, denial, and deceit. “Enthralling as it is astonishing” raves MUBI, Collective is a testament to the importance of investigative journalism and a powerhouse film for our corrupt times.