The Commune

The Commune
Film poster
Directed byThomas Vinterberg
Written byThomas Vinterberg
Tobias Lindholm
Produced byMorten Kauffman
StarringUlrich Thomsen
Trine Dyrholm
CinematographyJesper Tøffner
Distributed byNordisk Film
Release date
  • 14 January 2016 (2016-01-14)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryDenmark
LanguageDanish
Box office$3.64 million[1]
For other uses, see Commune (disambiguation).

The Commune (Danish: Kollektivet) is a 2016 Danish drama film directed by Thomas Vinterberg. It was selected to compete for the Golden Bear at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival.[2][3] At Berlin, Trine Dyrholm won the Silver Bear for Best Actress.[4] It was named as one of three films that could be chosen as the Danish submission for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards but was not selected.[5]

Cast

Reception

The Commune has a 71% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 94 reviews, with an average rating of 6.4/10. The website critics' consensus reads: "The Commune may not stand with Thomas Vinterberg's greatest work, but the end results remain thought-provoking and overall absorbing."[6] According to Metacritic, which sampled 22 critics and calculated an average score of 60 out of 100, the film received "mixed or average reviews".[7]

References

  1. ^ "The Commune (Kollektivet)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Jan 11, 2016: Berlinale Competition 2016: Another nine films selected". Berlinale. Archived from the original on 12 January 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Berlin Film Festival Adds Nine Films to Competition Lineup". Variety. 11 January 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  4. ^ "Prizes of the International Jury". Berlinale. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  5. ^ "Three films on Denmark's Oscar shortlist". Danish Film Institute. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  6. ^ "The Commune (Kollektivet) (2017)", Rotten Tomatoes, Fandango Media, retrieved 18 January 2021
  7. ^ "The Commune Reviews", Metacritic, Red Ventures, retrieved 18 January 2021