Polytechnique

Montreal, late autumn 1989. A heavy snowfall muffles the empty corridors of a technical university. A classroom’s fluorescent lights flicker as a lone gunman separates men from women. The slow slide of metal slides home. A filmic elegy, stark as a coroner's report.

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Denis Villeneuve directed Polytechnique in 2009. See Denis Villeneuve's full filmography, where to start with Denis Villeneuve, or where to go after you've seen everything by Denis Villeneuve.

Polytechnique was released in 2009 (FR original-language production), with a runtime of 77 minutes.