Polytechnique (2009)

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77 min - Crime | Drama | History

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Ratings: 7.3/10 from 1,675 users Metascore: 61/100
Reviews: 20 user | 30 critic | 6 from Metacritic.com

A dramatization of the Montreal Massacre of 1989 where several female engineering students were murdered by an unstable misogynist.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	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
	Ève 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

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Storyline

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... Written by Huggo

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