Karine Vanasse on the real-world impact of the film Polytechnique
Q with Tom Power

Karine Vanasse on the real-world impact of the film Polytechnique

B1IntermediateOctober 21, 202621 min
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Long before she stepped into her role as the intimidating, impeccably dressed host of The Traitors Canada and Les Traîtres, Karine Vanasse co-produced and starred in Polytechnique. Directed by Denis Villeneuve, the harrowing film fundamentally changed the national conversation around the 1989 École Polytechnique massacre, reframing it as an act of gender-based violence. Karine joins Tom Power to reflect on the fraught making of the film, its lasting real-world impact and why she ignored a teacher’s advice to quit acting.

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