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.
Winner of the 2020 European Film Award for Best Documentary
★★★★★ "A shocking exposé of needless deaths in Romania" - Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian
15
109 minutes
2020
Documentary
United Kingdom
Romanian
English
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