Polytechnique(Movie, 2009)

Name: Polytechnique
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Released: 2009
Duration: T01:17:00
Rating: 3.6

1h 17min | Genres: Crime, Drama, History

Rating: 3.6/5 (with 261 votes)

Polytechnique is a 2009 Canadian drama film directed by Denis Villeneuve and written by Villeneuve and Jacques Davidts. Starring Maxim Gaudette, Sebastien Huberdeau, and Karine Vanasse, the film is based on the 1989 École Polytechnique massacre (also known as the "Montreal Massacre") and re-enacts the events of the incident through the eyes of two students (Huberdeau and Vanasse) who witness a gunman (Gaudette) murder fourteen young women. After a release in Quebec in February 2009, it was featured in the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. It received numerous honours, including nine Genie Awards, notably Best Motion Picture. ()

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Awards & Nominations for Polytechnique

Canadian Screen Award for Best Motion Picture

About Polytechnique

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

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Official websites:

www.polytechniquelefilm.com

Production country: Canada

Shot in: Montreal

Plays in: Quebec

Made by: Don Carmody Productions, Remstar Productions

Original language: French (FR)

Spoken languages: French (FR)

Translated into 18 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date GR: 02/06/2009

Appearing Characters: Marc Lépine

Cast: Evelyne Brochu, Johanne Marie Tremblay, Karine Vanasse, Maxim Gaudette, Pierre-Yves Cardinal, Sébastien Huberdeau, Marie-Èvelyne Baribeau, Larissa Corriveau, Sophie Desmarais, Eve Duranceau, Dawn Ford

Director: Denis Villeneuve

Producer: Don Carmody, Karine Vanasse

Screenwriter: Denis Villeneuve, Jacques Davidts

Film Editor: Richard Comeau

Director of Photography: Pierre Gill

Composer: Benoît Charest

Sound Designer: Claude Beaugrand

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Polytehneio"

"Politechnika"

Keywords: school shooting, school, hostage, misogynist, canada, montreal, canada, university, interview, massacre, murder, 1980s, gunman

Budget: 6,000,000 USD

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