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1,190 Ratings

POLYTECHNIQUE

Directed by Denis Villeneuve

Canada, 2009

Drama, History

77

Synopsis

A dramatization of the Montreal Massacre of 1989, where several female engineering students from the Polytechnique School were murdered by an unstable misogynist. The movie tells us about this specific day through the eyes of two students, Valérie and Jean-François.

Synopsis

A dramatization of the Montreal Massacre of 1989, where several female engineering students from the Polytechnique School were murdered by an unstable misogynist. The movie tells us about this specific day through the eyes of two students, Valérie and Jean-François.

PolytechniqueDirected byDenis Villeneuve

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