| The Commune | |
| Director: | Thomas Vinterberg |
| Producer: | Morten Kauffman |
| Starring: | Ulrich Thomsen Trine Dyrholm |
| Cinematography: | Jesper Tøffner |
| Distributor: | Nordisk Film |
| Runtime: | 110 minutes |
| Country: | Denmark |
| Language: | Danish |
| Gross: | $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 it was not selected.[5]
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.” According to Metacritic, which sampled 22 critics and calculated an average score of 60 out of 100, the film received “mixed or average reviews”.