Polytechnique (2009)

 

A dramatization of the 1989 Montréal Massacre, during which several female engineering students were murdered by an unstable misogynist. 

Coolly observing analysis of a horrific crime, enhanced by the excellent b/w cinematography, very subtly makes a case for decency and honesty over barbarity and madness.

 

En solitaire (2013)

A fearless sailor finds his biggest race hindered by an unexpected stowaway.

Feelgood adventure drama with a slight political message, the high seas cinematography steals the show.

Switch (2011)

An unemployed Canadian graphic designer spontaneously accepts an offer to change her life: she exchanges her German apartment for one in Paris through an online portal called "Switch", but doesn't realize that she has been lured into a murderous plot.

Well-oiled thriller is quite suspenseful, even though the plot is extremely far-fetched, and there are a few chases too many.