A dramatization of the 1989 Montréal Massacre, during which several female engineering students were murdered by an unstable misogynist.A dramatization of the 1989 Montréal Massacre, during which several female engineering students were murdered by an unstable misogynist.A dramatization of the 1989 Montréal Massacre, during which several female engineering students were murdered by an unstable misogynist.
- Awards
- 17 wins & 9 nominations
Martin Watier
- Jean-François
- (voice)
Natalie Hamel-Roy
- Jean-François' Mother
- (voice)
- (as Nathalie Hamel-Roy)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaDirector Denis Villeneuve was disappointed with his first two movies, August 32nd on Earth (1998) and Maelstrom (2000), so he took a nine-year sabbatical as a stay-at-home dad. He vowed to return "when I was ready to make a film I could be proud of", which was Polytechnique (2009).
- Alternate versionsIn addition to the French-Canadian language version, an English language version was also shot (back-to-back).
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Hour: Episode #7.83 (2011)
- SoundtracksTainted Love
Written by Ed Cobb
Performed by Mark Arnell
Embassy Music Corporation
With permission of Music Sales Corporation
Featured review
Since I'm really really looking forward to seeing Dune in the future, I felt like checking out this early film from Denis Villeneuve's filmography. This movie's based on a real-life tragedy that occurred at the Polytechnique Montreal engineering school in 1989, and it dramatizes the event in a way that feels very humanistic. It doesn't make any comments or draw conclusions about the event and still leaves you feeling for most of the people involved. It does a great job of being ambiguous, something Villeneuve has mastered throughout his filmography. My heart goes out to the survivors, and my thanks go out to Villeneuve for being so great at making films like this.
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Details
- Runtime1 hour 17 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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