Polytechnique (film)
Polytechnique is a 2009 Canadian film directed by Denis Villeneuve and written by Villeneuve and Jacques Davidts. Set in Montreal, Quebec and based on the cole Polytechnique massacre also known as the Montreal Massacre, the film documents the events of December 6, 1989, through the eyes of two students who witness a gunman murder fourteen young women. The film was released on February 6, 2009, in Quebec and on March 20, 2009, in Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary. Its release has sparked controversy in Quebec and across Canada for its depiction of real life events involving the murder of unarmed students.
During a class a young man enters a classroom with a rifle. He orders the men to leave and the women to stay. They comply after he shoots into the ceiling to show that he is serious. He tells the women that he hates feminists. Although the women deny being feminists he shoots at them killing some and wounding others. He then moves through corridors, the cafeteria, and another classroom, specifically targeting women. Once finished, he shoots himself with his own weapon.The film jumps back and forth in time several times. It shows male student JeanFranois who was ordered to leave the classroom. He does not just flee but he returns to try to stop the killer andor help the victims. Valrie and Stphanie, two surviving women, play dead thinking the killer returned, though Stephanie later dies of her injuries. Some time after the massacre JeanFranois, feeling guilty for complying with the order to leave the classroom and abandoning the women, commits suicide. ........
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