A dramatization of the Montreal Massacre of 1989 where several female engineering students were murdered by an unstable misogynist.
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What it feels like
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Movie2009·77 min
Polytechnique
Directed by Denis Villeneuve
A crime drama film directed by Denis Villeneuve.
◈ CrunchScore
Top 27%
of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement
★ TMDB Audience Rating
7.1/10
703 ratings
About Polytechnique
- Pacing
- Measured (4 of 9)
- Tone
- Dark (2 of 9)
- Intensity
- Harrowing (9 of 9)
- Complexity
- Approachable (4 of 9)
- Humor
- Serious (1 of 9)
- Scale
- Intimate (1 of 9)
- Spirit
- Earnest (5 of 9)
- Texture
- Gritty, Unsettling
- Story Tags
- social injustice, trauma recovery, grief and loss, late 20th century, historical event, action combat, high school campus, international, strangers forced together, villain protagonist, everyman, tragedy arc, nonlinear flashback, serial killer