# The Commune

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***The Commune*** (Danish: ***Kollektivet***) is a 2016 Danish [drama film](/source/Drama_film) directed by [Thomas Vinterberg](/source/Thomas_Vinterberg). It was selected to compete for the [Golden Bear](/source/Golden_Bear) at the [66th Berlin International Film Festival](/source/66th_Berlin_International_Film_Festival).[2][3] At Berlin, [Trine Dyrholm](/source/Trine_Dyrholm) won the [Silver Bear for Best Actress](/source/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](/source/Academy_Award_for_Best_Foreign_Language_Film) at the [89th Academy Awards](/source/89th_Academy_Awards) but was not selected.[5]

## Cast

- [Ulrich Thomsen](/source/Ulrich_Thomsen) as Erik
- [Fares Fares](/source/Fares_Fares) as Allon
- [Trine Dyrholm](/source/Trine_Dyrholm) as Anna
- [Julie Agnete Vang](/source/Julie_Agnete_Vang) as Mona
- [Lars Ranthe](/source/Lars_Ranthe) as Ole

## Production

The film is based on the play *The Commune*, which [Thomas Vinterberg](/source/Thomas_Vinterberg) and [Mogens Rukov](/source/Mogens_Rukov) wrote on commission from the [Burgtheater](/source/Burgtheater) in [Vienna](/source/Vienna). Vinterberg grew up in a [commune](/source/Intentional_community), which was his inspiration for writing about the subject. Rukov had been Vinterberg's teacher at the [National Film School of Denmark](/source/National_Film_School_of_Denmark) and the two had previously co-written Vinterberg's 1998 film *[The Celebration](/source/The_Celebration)*. For the film adaptation of *The Commune*, Vinterberg co-wrote the screenplay with [Tobias Lindholm](/source/Tobias_Lindholm) and added more locations to the story, which in the original play is set entirely in one room.[6]

## Reception

*The Commune* has a 71% approval rating on [Rotten Tomatoes](/source/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](/source/Metacritic), which sampled 22 critics and calculated an [average score](/source/Weighted_arithmetic_mean) of 60 out of 100, the film received "mixed or average reviews".[8]

## References

1. ["The Commune (Kollektivet)"](http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&wk=2016W3&id=_fTHECOMMUNEKOLLE01). *Box Office Mojo*. Retrieved 23 September 2016.

1. ["Jan 11, 2016: Berlinale Competition 2016: Another nine films selected"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160112184813/http://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/wettbewerb/wettbewerb-presse-detail_30356.html). *Berlinale*. Archived from [the original](http://www.berlinale.de/en/presse/pressemitteilungen/wettbewerb/wettbewerb-presse-detail_30356.html) on 12 January 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2016.

1. ["Berlin Film Festival Adds Nine Films to Competition Lineup"](https://variety.com/2016/film/global/berlin-film-festival-competition-lineup-1201676845/). *Variety*. 11 January 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2016.

1. ["Prizes of the International Jury"](https://www.berlinale.de/en/das_festival/preise_und_juries/preise_internationale_jury/index.html). *Berlinale*. Retrieved 20 February 2016.

1. ["Three films on Denmark's Oscar shortlist"](http://www.dfi.dk/Service/English/News-and-publications/News/August-2016/Three-films-on-Denmarks-Oscar-shortlist.aspx). *Danish Film Institute*. 15 August 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.

1. Pham, Annika (15 January 2016). ["Vinterberg: “The Commune is about the loss of innocence and love”"](https://nordiskfilmogtvfond.com/news/stories/vinterberg-commune-about-loss-innocence-and-love). Nordisk Film & TV Fond. Retrieved 24 June 2025.

1. ["The Commune (Kollektivet) (2017)"](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_commune_2017), *[Rotten Tomatoes](/source/Rotten_Tomatoes)*, [Fandango Media](/source/Fandango_Media), retrieved 18 January 2021

1. ["The Commune Reviews"](https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-commune), *[Metacritic](/source/Metacritic)*, [Red Ventures](/source/Red_Ventures), retrieved 18 January 2021

## External links

- [The Commune](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3082854/) at IMDb

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