Plot
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 few who did whatever he could to help the targeted women.
Written by
Jacques Davidts, Denis Villeneuve, Eric Leca
Directed by
Denis Villeneuve
Crew
Production Countries
Canada
Production Companies
Quebec Film and Television Tax Credit, ICI Radio-Canada Télé, Super Écran, Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit (CPTC), Remstar Productions, Don Carmody Productions, SODEC, Téléfilm Canada, Remstar Media Partners
Languages
Français
Awards
17 wins & 9 nominations