Collective Exclusive Clip Chronicles Discovery Of Massive Corruption

If you look at Metacritic’s top-rated films of 2020, you may be surprised at the no. 2 ranked film of the year. Sure, Chloe Zhao’s “Nomadland” has a firm hold at the no. 1 spot, but tied with Steve McQueen’s “Lovers Rock” (which should be under Television, which it was created for, but whatever) is Alexander Nanau’s “Collective.” A documentary so powerful that Romania selected it as its International Film submission for the 2021 Academy Awards.

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Currently available for rental, the film begins with the 2015 fire at the Colectiv nightclub in Bucharest, which initially killed 27 people and injured 180. But, as the months progressed, 37 more people died, many of burns most victims would heal from. As members of the media began investigating the hospitals’ mismanagement, public outrage causes the ruling government, led by the Socialist Democrats party, to resign. As Nanau continues following the journalists on the frontline, his attention turns to Vlad Voiculescu, a place keeper minister of health, trying to weed out corruption before new elections determine the future course of the nation.

Magnolia Pictures, which is releasing the film in the United States, has provided The Playlist with an exclusive clip at the beginning of the picture. Acting on a tip, journalists from The Gazette newspaper capture Hexi Pharma employees, a company that provided cleaning products to most Romanian hospitals, removing items from their factory. It turns out Hexi Pharma was diluting their cleaning products since at least 2008. This caused bacteria to spread throughout the medical system leading to the deaths of the burn victims, but untold others.

You can watch the clip embedded in this post.

“Collective” is now available for rental on iTunes, Amazon, and other on-demand services.