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Polytechnique

2009 · 77 min

A stark, black-and-white recreation that is harrowing and somber, immersing you in dread and sorrow without exploitation.

Overview
A dramatization of the École Polytechnique massacre in Montreal, on December 9, 1989, where 14 female engineering students were murdered (and 13 were wounded) by a 25 year old psychotic misogynist armed with a semi-automatic weapon.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • violence
  • grief
  • guilt
  • gender
  • trauma
Places
  • school
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror5
Humour0
Realism9
Romance0
Tension8
Darkness9
Complexity7
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
crime, drama, thriller
Directed by
Denis Villeneuve
Written by
Jacques Davidts, Denis Villeneuve, Eric Leca
Starring
Maxim Gaudette, Sébastien Huberdeau, Karine Vanasse, Evelyne Brochu, Martin Watier, Johanne-Marie Tremblay, Natalie Hamel-Roy, Pierre-Yves Cardinal
Music
Benoît Charest
Cinematography
Pierre Gill
Runtime
77 min
Country
Canada
Languages
French

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