Polytechnique

Polytechnique

Ut tensio sic vis

2009•1h 17m•7.1/10

CrimeDramaThriller

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.1/10(680)

A dramatization of the Montreal Massacre of 1989 where several female engineering students were murdered by an unstable misogynist.

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Production

Don Carmody Productions, Remstar Productions

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Maxim Gaudette

Maxim Gaudette

The Assassin

Sébastien Huberdeau

Sébastien Huberdeau

Jean-François

Karine Vanasse

Karine Vanasse

Valérie

Evelyne Brochu

Evelyne Brochu

Stéphanie

Martin Watier

Martin Watier

Jean-François (voice)

Johanne-Marie Tremblay

Johanne-Marie Tremblay

Jean-François' Mother

Natalie Hamel-Roy

Natalie Hamel-Roy

Jean-François' Mother (voice)

Pierre-Yves Cardinal

Pierre-Yves Cardinal

Éric

Pierre Leblanc

Pierre Leblanc

Mr. Martineau

Francesca Barcenas

Francesca Barcenas

Injured Student at Copier

Ève Duranceau

Ève Duranceau

Student with the Ear Injury

Mathieu Ledoux

Injured Student

Adam Kosh

Killer's Roommate

Larissa Corriveau

Larissa Corriveau

Killer's Neighboor

Manon Lapointe

Killer's Mother

Kim Lavack-Paquin

Student at the Library

Mireille Brullemans

Mireille Brullemans

Admission Office's Secretary

Pier-Olivier Paquet

Student at the Admission Office

Louise Proulx

Louise Proulx

Secretary in Waiting Room

Lily Thibeault

Lily Thibeault

Female Student at the Copy Room

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