Film · 2016

The Commune

Name: The Commune
Genre: Drama, Family
Released: 2016-07-29
Duration: 111 min
Rating: 6
Cast: Trine Dyrholm, Fares Fares, Ulrich Thomsen, Lars Ranthe, Julie Agnete Vang

Original titleKollektivet

Directed by Thomas Vinterberg · starring Trine Dyrholm, Fares Fares and Ulrich Thomsen

1 h 51 min
15
Drama · Family
Denmark Sweden
Released in the UK 28 July 2016

5.9 AverageMovieNCo
6.0 Users4 votes
5.8 Critics6 reviews

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Synopsis

Thomas Vinterberg directs and writes with Tobias Lindholm this family drama, where we show a different lifestyle of Danish culture. The film centers on Erik and Anna, a couple who decide to live in a big house and there form a commune. To do so , they will gradually getting to potential members of the group, eventually creating a very different family. What at first seems like a great adventure for everyone and great support, also begins to create different tensions among group members. They will gradually seeing the different attitudes of the protagonists, who reach a point of no return. The lives of members of the Commune will change, so they don't really know where their destination addresses. All ultimately discover the importance of trust and empathy towards the other.

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Runtime: 111 min1 hour and 51 minutes
Rating: 15Suitable only for 15 years and over

How long is The Commune?: 1 hour and 51 minutes (111 minutes).
When was The Commune released in the UK?: It was released in the UK on 28 July 2016.
Who directed The Commune?: Thomas Vinterberg.
Who is in The Commune?: It stars Trine Dyrholm, Fares Fares, Ulrich Thomsen and Lars Ranthe.
Where can I watch The Commune?: In the UK it is available to rent on Apple TV and Prime Video.

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Cast

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Director: Thomas Vinterberg
Writers: Tobias Lindholm, Thomas Vinterberg
Producers: Sisse Graum Jørgensen

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'The Commune' Trailer 2:4115 May 2016

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Reviews

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6.0 4 votes

What the critics say average 5.8 from 6 outlets

6.0 The GuardianPeter Bradshaw "The lack of development in the supporting cast is a problem. Nothing, or almost nothing, of any consequence happens to these people. The title is a bit misleading: there is no real communal plot… Read
6.0 VarietyGuy Lodge "For Vinterberg, this uneven but nonetheless absorbing pic at least marks a return to characteristically bristly territory". Read
6.0 The Hollywood ReporterStephen Dalton "The Commune effortlessly entertains at a TV sitcom level, with its pithy dialogue, its chorus of thinly drawn caricatures and its cozy sense of mockery towards the failed social experiments of past… Read

Soundtrack

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Singin In ChainsMy Baby Spotify
Goodbye Yellow Brick RoadElton John Spotify
Blomsten Og VasenFolkeklubben
Mad Mountain ThymeMy Baby

Trivia

Inspired in Thomas Vinterberg's play

The film is based on Thomas Vinterberg's play of the same name, which is inspired by his colourful childhood in an academic commune north of Copenhagen.
Berlin International Film Festival

Trine Dyrholm was awarded with the prize for Best Actress at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2016.