Polytechnique (2009)

Polytechnique (2009)
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Writer: Jacques Davidts
Cast: Maxim Gaudette, Sébastien Huberdeau, Karine Vanasse
A dramatization of the Montreal Massacre of 1989 where several female engineering students were murdered by an unstable misogynist.

Dramatization about a 1989 Montreal engineering school massacre, when 12 women died at the hands of a misogynistic young gunman.

Visually stunning filmed in smooth looking black and white, the story follows those involved from the angst ridden killer whom had big grudge with women, to the females he killed and the survivors who lived through it. The film ends with a truly beautiful letter from one of the survivors un-sent letters to the killers parents, about how much he shattered her whole existence. It's close in feel to the slow paced Gus Van Sant film Elephant but with more substance. Highly recommended take on gun massacres.

(8 out of 10)