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Jacques Davidts (writer)
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A dramatization of the Montreal Massacre of 1989 where several female engineering students were murdered by an unstable misogynist. | add synopsis
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A powerful and meditative film that is both horrific and poetic.
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Cast
(Credited cast) | Maxim Gaudette | ... | The Assassin |
| Sébastien Huberdeau | ... | Jean-François |
| Karine Vanasse | ... | Valérie |
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| Marie-Évelyne Baribeau | ... | Student |
| Evelyne Brochu | ... | Stéphanie |
| Mireille Brullemans | ... | Admission Office's secretary |
| Pierre-Yves Cardinal | ... | Éric |
| Larissa Corriveau | ... | Killer's neighbor |
 | Sophie Desmarais | ... | Female Student (3rd floor corridor) |
| Jonathan Dubsky | ... | Frightened Student |
 | Marina Eva | ... | Student at the party |
| Emmanuelle Girard | ... | Student behind speakers |
 | Nathalie Girard | ... | Injured student |
| Natalie Hamel-Roy | ... | Jean-François' mother (voice) |
| Adam Kosh | ... | Killer's roomate |
| Manon Lapointe | ... | Killer's mother |
 | Pierre-Xavier Martel | ... | Security Agent |
| Johanne-Marie Tremblay | ... | Jean-François' mother |
| Anne Trudel | ... | Student behind speakers |
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77 min
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Canada:13+ (Quebec) |
Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Ontario)
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The name of the perpetrator is never once mentioned in the film.
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I hadn't planned on seeing this film but was invited by a friend. Thank yous came out of my mouth the moment we stepped out of the theater; the only words which managed to escape my rattled mind.
This is a film which I believe is a must see. Brutal and raw, it breaks a real story into a few basic elements and lets the events speak for themselves. The film depicts the sad events of this day in 1989 with such realism that the viewer feels himself part of the drama, a witness to the violence. Filmed in black and white, and with very similar stylistic elements to Gus Van Sant's Elephant, few words are needed for the director to properly convey the desired range of emotions which take place in the movie.
I must add that there were shots of such beauty which contrasted the ugliness of the shooting in such a moving way that while trying to old back tears at one point, I thought to myself "Life is a wonderful gift.." I have never written a review for this site before, and enjoy a great variety of films: I walked out of the silent, full theater, packed with viewers just as shell shocked as I, thinking that this might have been the most gut wrenching movie experience of my life.
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