Polytechnique

Name: Polytechnique
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Released: 2009-01-01

2009 film by Denis Villeneuve

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Released: 2009
, February 6, 2009
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Director: Denis Villeneuve
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Screenwriter: Denis Villeneuve
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, Jacques Davidts
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Producer: Don Carmody
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, Karine Vanasse
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Cast: Evelyne Brochu
, Johanne Marie Tremblay
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, Karine Vanasse
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, Maxim Gaudette
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Runtime: 77 min
Genre: drama film
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Country of origin: Canada
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Polytechnique is a 2009 Canadian tragedy 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 and re-enacts the events of the incident through the eyes of two students who witness a gunman (Gaudette) murder fourteen young women.

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Director of photography: Pierre Gill
Filming location: Montreal
Title: Polytechnique
Color: black-and-white
Film editor: Richard Comeau
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Narrative location: Quebec
Distribution format: video on demand
Assessment: Bechdel test assessment outcome: passes · criterion used: considering named characters only
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Review score: 88%(November 8, 2024) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes · number of reviews/ratings: 17 critic review
63/100(May 1, 2024) review score by: Metacritic · number of reviews/ratings: 6 critic review
7.1/10(October 7, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes
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Named after: École Polytechnique massacre
Characters: Marc Lépine
FSK film rating: FSK 16 rating certificate id: 146878
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Sound designer: Claude Beaugrand
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RCQ classification: 13+(since 2009) rating certificate id: 323701 · content descriptor: Violence
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Has characteristic: film based on actual events
Based on: École Polytechnique massacre

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