Review of Collective (2019) by Bertobellamy — 10 Aug 2021

Can't believe the Academy chose 'My Octopus Teacher' over this. Are they ten or something? Anyway... I live in Mexico, and I can see a sad resemblance with the Romanian people. In one scene, a doctor and the young minister talk about how everyone involved in the antiseptic scandal that shocks the country has lost their humanity, and that's something as a Mexican I ask myself all the time. Not only our governments but our societies are rot to the core.

'Colective' is depressing on so many levels, but I applaud the labor of everyone who participated not only in unmasking the authorities but in making this relevant film.