Polytechnique (2010) Canada
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Director:Denis Villeneuve
Studio:Remstar Media Partners
Producer:Nathalie Brigitte Bustos, Don Carmody, André Rouleau, Maxime RÈmillard, Karine Vanasse
Writer:Jacques Davidts, Denis Villeneuve
Rating:7.2 (4,971 votes)
Rated:Not Rated
Date Added:2015-10-16
UPC:065935828259
Price:$ 1.99
Awards:16 wins & 7 nominations
Genre:Crime, Drama, History
Release:2009-08-24
IMDb:1194238
Duration:77
Aspect Ratio:2.35 : 1
Sound:Dolby Digital
Languages:French
Subtitles:English
LAC code:300010774
DVD or VHS:DVD
Original:original
Denis Villeneuve  ...  (Director)
Jacques Davidts, Denis Villeneuve  ...  (Writer)
 
Maxim Gaudette  ...  The Killer
Sébastien Huberdeau  ...  Jean-François
Karine Vanasse  ...  Valérie
Martin Watier  ...  Jean-François (voice)
Evelyne Brochu  ...  Stéphanie
Johanne-Marie Tremblay  ...  Jean-François' Mother
Natalie Hamel-Roy  ...  Jean-François' Mother (voice) (as Nathalie Hamel-Roy)
Pierre-Yves Cardinal  ...  Éric
Pierre Leblanc  ...  Mr. Martineau
Francesca Barcenas  ...  Injured Student at Copier
Eve Duranceau  ...  Student with the Ear Injury
Mathieu Ledoux  ...  Injured Student
Adam Kosh  ...  Killer's Roommate
Larissa Corriveau  ...  Killer's Neighboor
Manon Lapointe  ...  Killer's Mother
Marie-Évelyne Baribeau  ...  Student
Mireille Brullemans  ...  Admission Office's secretary
Sophie Desmarais  ...  Female Student (3rd floor corridor)
Jonathan Dubsky  ...  Frightened Student
Marina Eva  ...  Student at the party
Emmanuelle Girard  ...  Student behind speakers
Roger Martin  ...  Production Design
Nathalie Girard  ...  Injured student
Martin Tessier  ...  Art Direction
Benoît Charest  ...  Composer
Elisabeth Williams  ...  Set Decoration
Pierre Gill  ...  Cinematographer
Pierre-Xavier Martel  ...  Security Agent
Richard Comeau  ...  Editor
Anne Trudel  ...  Student behind speakers
Ève Duranceau  ...  Student with the Ear Injury
Summary: On December 6, 1989, a lone gunman walked into Montréal's École Polytechnique, a post-secondary institution focusing primarily in engineering, and began a shooting massacre. This event and its aftermath are shown from the perspective of three people. The first is the shooter himself, who blamed the problems in his life on who he considered feminists, such as female engineering students, who were his primary targets. This event was the culmination of a seven year plan, which had a self-defined end. The second is female mechanical engineering student Valérie, who earlier that day had an interview for her dream internship, working on an aerospace project. The interview process itself was a disturbing one for her in the stereotypical view by the male interviewer, who did not believe that females could work in the business and still have aspirations to have a family. And the third is Jean-François, Valérie's friend and fellow mechanical engineering student, who was one of the few who did ...