Polytechquine

Por Lucia Santiago Dantes
El Kiosko Magazine
www.elkioskomagazine.com

  Based on the tragedy back in December 6th 1989 at the École Polytechnique in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. A gunman later identified as Marc Lepine, 25 years old shot 28 people (Killing 14) before killing himself with the same weapon: a semi-automatic rifle. According with records of the incident Lepine began his attack entering a classroom at the university separating male and female students, he shot all five women in the room, killing 6. Afterwards Marc Lepine wandered around corridors, the cafeteria and classroms targeting only women. Lepine claimed he was “fighting feminism”. He was the child of a french-canadian women and an Algerian father.

  The film was directed by Denis Villeneuve (Maelström, 2000) and the screenplay by Jacques Davidts and Denis Villeneuve. Starring Maxim Gaudette(The assassin), Sebastien Huberdeau (Jean François), Karine Vanasse as Valérie.

  The story is view from 3 points of views: the assassin, Jean François and Valérie. Watching the movie in Black and white centainly adds more dramatic effect to the audience. The style of the film also follow the school of Gus Van Sant’s style, where everything is set up to give an atmospheric air, contemplative camera and characters. It is a strong and very intriguing film that should be regarded as one of the most interesting Canadian movies for 2009.

For Trailers and info please visit the website: http://www.polytechniquelefilm.com