Polytechnique
A dramatization of the École Polytechnique massacre in Montreal, on December 9, 1989, where 14 female engineering students were murdered (and 13 were wounded) by a 25 year old psychotic misogynist armed with a semi-automatic weapon.
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Cast
48 people
Maxim Gaudette
The Assassin
Known for
Incendies
Sébastien Huberdeau
Jean-François
Known for
La Job
Karine Vanasse
Valérie
Known for
Revenge
Cardinal
Evelyne Brochu
Stéphanie
Known for
Orphan Black
Tom at the Farm
Martin Watier
Jean-François (voice)
Also in
Life's a Bitch
Turtle Island
Johanne-Marie Tremblay
Jean-François' Mother
Known for
I Killed My Mother
Jesus of Montreal
Natalie Hamel-Roy
Jean-François' Mother (voice)
Known for
Mommy
Pierre-Yves Cardinal
Éric
Known for
Tom at the Farm
Mommy
Pierre Leblanc
Mr. Martineau
Known for
Switch
Target Number One
Francesca Barcenas
Injured Student at Copier
Also in
Zoe
Les bombes
Ève Duranceau
Student with the Ear Injury
Known for
Babysitter
Mathieu Ledoux
Injured Student
Also in
Ice Princess
Château en Suède
Denis Villeneuve Director · Jacques Davidts Writer Eric Leca Writer
Worldwide gross $1.7M · Budget $6M · United States release February 6, 2009
Box office
Budget
$6,000,000
Worldwide gross
$1,663,867
Gross vs. budget
0.3×
Production
Don Carmody Productions
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Remstar Productions
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Remstar Media Partners
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SODEC
Production
Téléfilm Canada
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Canada
Produced in
Languages
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
Canada · February 2, 2009
Premiere · Imperial Theatre, Montreal
Canada · February 6, 2009
Theatrical
United States · February 6, 2009
Theatrical
United States · January 15, 2018
Digital
United States
February 5, 2010 · Premiere · Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Brazil
October 3, 2009 · Premiere · Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
Canada
March 20, 2009 · Theatrical · Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary
August 25, 2009 · Physical · DVD / Blu-ray
France
May 17, 2009 · Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
December 8, 2009 · Premiere · Festival de Cinéma du Québec à Paris
Germany
September 17, 2009 · Premiere · Oldenburg International Film Festival
Greece
November 13, 2009 · Premiere · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
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