# Polytechnique (2009)

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**Runtime**: 77 min
**Genres**: Crime, Drama, Thriller
**Directed by**: Denis Villeneuve
**Written by**: Denis Villeneuve, Jacques Davidts, Eric Leca
**Starring**: Maxim Gaudette, Sébastien Huberdeau, Karine Vanasse, Evelyne Brochu, Martin Watier, Johanne-Marie Tremblay

> *Ut tensio sic vis*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

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.

**Mood tags**: dread, gut-punch, outsider

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