Polytechnique

Polytechnique

🎞️ Movie 77 min CA
โ˜… 7.2 /10 2009

Ut tensio sic vis

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 whatever he could to help the targeted women.

Cast

Maxim Gaudette
Maxim Gaudette
The Killer
Sébastien Huberdeau
Sébastien Huberdeau
Jean-François
Karine Vanasse
Karine Vanasse
Valérie
Martin Watier
Martin Watier
Jean-François
Evelyne Brochu
Evelyne Brochu
Stéphanie
Johanne-Marie Tremblay
Johanne-Marie Tremblay
Jean-François' Mother
Natalie Hamel-Roy
Natalie Hamel-Roy
Jean-François' Mother
Pierre-Yves Cardinal
Pierre-Yves Cardinal
Éric
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Pierre Leblanc
Mr. Martineau
Francesca Barcenas
Francesca Barcenas
Injured Student at Copier
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Benoît Charest
Composer
Pierre Gill
Pierre Gill
Cinematographer

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