Polytechnique (2009) [British Film Institute]
BDRip | MKV | AVC, 1920x820, ~ 3.7 Mbps | 1hr 17mn | 2.53 GB
English \ French (Français): DTS, 6 ch, 768 kbps \ AC3, 2 ch, 448 kbps
Subtitles: English
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
BDRip | MKV | AVC, 1920x820, ~ 3.7 Mbps | 1hr 17mn | 2.53 GB
English \ French (Français): DTS, 6 ch, 768 kbps \ AC3, 2 ch, 448 kbps
Subtitles: English
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Writers: Jacques Davidts (scenario and dialogue), Denis Villeneuve (collaboration)
Stars: Maxim Gaudette, Sébastien Huberdeau, Karine Vanasse
Film Distributor: BFI (British Film Institute)
On December 6, 1989, a lone gunman walked into Montréal's École Polytechnique (in Canada), a post-secondary institution focusing primarily in engineering, and began a shooting massacre. This event and its aftermath are shown from the perspective of three people. The first is the shooter himself, who blamed the problems in his life on who he considered feminists, such as female engineering students, who were his primary targets. This event was the culmination of a seven year plan, which had a self-defined end. The second is female mechanical engineering student Valérie, who earlier that day had an interview for her dream internship, working on an aerospace project. The interview process itself was a disturbing one for her in the stereotypical view by the male interviewer, who did not believe that females could work in the business and still have aspirations to have a family. And the third is Jean-François, Valérie's friend and fellow mechanical engineering student, who was one of the …
Extras:
- Includes both the English and French language versions of the film
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