Collective

4/6/2021

As we witness the chronological outcome of events, we reach a bleak and sudden ending that leaves us to ask the question - what now? That's precisely what many Romanians would also be asking of their government: should things slowly but surely improve on the path Vlad Voiculesu set them upon, or revert to old ways for ease, convenience and a share in the dirty money? Only time will tell. What is fortunate is that the unrelenting work of Catalin Tolotan and the Sports Gazette team persevered under criticism to bring this heinous situation to light. - Charlie David Page Read Charlie's full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-collective-a-shocking-raw-investigation-that-defies-belief

6/8/2026

Corruption kills people. This is not metaphor, not hyperbole, not political rhetoric; it is the documented, undeniable truth at the heart of Collective, Alexander Nanau's devastating chronicle of the aftermath of the 2015 Colectiv nightclub fire in Bucharest. The film follows investigative journalists from the Sports Gazette as they uncover a network of medical corruption so grotesque it beggars belief: diluted disinfectants in hospitals, patients dying from infections in burn units that should have saved them, a system of bribes and falsified documents reaching into the highest levels of government. The initial fire killed dozens; the corruption killed dozens more, slowly, painfully, in what should have been places of healing. What makes Collective so chilling is watching the govern