Actress Karine Vanasse (1983)

Polytechnique (2009), a Canadian drama film directed and written by Denis Villeneuve and Jacques Davidts, follows the actions of a troubled young man. Armed with a rifle, he leaves a message for his mother before heading to Polytechnique Montreal – an engineering school – and interrupting a class. With his weapon in hand, he orders the men to leave while commanding the women to stay. When they hesitate, he fires into the ceiling to prove the gravity of his intent. He then proceeds to express disdain towards feminists, despite some of the women denying any ...

Head in the Clouds (2004) is a war drama film written and directed by John Duigan. The original screenplay focuses on the tough decisions young lovers must make in the face of growing political turmoil in late-1930s Europe. Unfortunately, the film was both a critical and financial disappointment. In 1924 Paris, 14-year-old Gilda Bessé is the daughter of a French aristocrat and an emotionally unstable American mother. A fortune teller predicts that her life will end at age 34. Years later, during a rainstorm in 1933, Gilda seeks refuge in the room of Guy Malyon, an Irish first-year student at Cambridge University. After ...