The Commune
| The Commune | |
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Thomas Vinterberg |
| Written by | Thomas Vinterberg Tobias Lindholm |
| Based on | The Commune by Thomas Vinterberg and Mogens Rukov |
| Produced by | Morten Kauffman |
| Starring | Ulrich Thomsen Trine Dyrholm |
| Cinematography | Jesper Tøffner |
| Distributed by | Nordisk Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
| Country | Denmark |
| Language | Danish |
| Box office | $3.64 million[1] |
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
[edit]- Ulrich Thomsen as Erik
- Fares Fares as Allon
- Trine Dyrholm as Anna
- Julie Agnete Vang as Mona
- Lars Ranthe as Ole
Production
[edit]The film is based on the play The Commune, which Thomas Vinterberg and Mogens Rukov wrote on commission from the Burgtheater in Vienna. Vinterberg grew up in a commune, which was his inspiration for writing about the subject. Rukov had been Vinterberg's teacher at the National Film School of Denmark and the two had previously co-written Vinterberg's 1998 film The Celebration. For the film adaptation of The Commune, Vinterberg co-wrote the screenplay with Tobias Lindholm and added more locations to the story, which in the original play is set entirely in one room.[6]
Reception
[edit]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."[7] According to Metacritic, which sampled 22 critics and calculated an average score of 60 out of 100, the film received "mixed or average reviews".[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "The Commune (Kollektivet)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ "Jan 11, 2016: Berlinale Competition 2016: Another nine films selected". Berlinale. Archived from the original on 12 January 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
- ^ "Berlin Film Festival Adds Nine Films to Competition Lineup". Variety. 11 January 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
- ^ "Prizes of the International Jury". Berlinale. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ "Three films on Denmark's Oscar shortlist". Danish Film Institute. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- ^ Pham, Annika (15 January 2016). "Vinterberg: "The Commune is about the loss of innocence and love"". Nordisk Film & TV Fond. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
- ^ "The Commune (Kollektivet) (2017)", Rotten Tomatoes, Fandango Media, retrieved 18 January 2021
- ^ "The Commune Reviews", Metacritic, Red Ventures, retrieved 18 January 2021
External links
[edit]- The Commune at IMDb