Forbidden Fruits (2026)
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A dramatization of the École Polytechnique massacre in Montreal, on December 9, 1989, where 14 female engineering students were murdered (and 13 were wounded) by a 25 year old psychotic misogynist armed with a semi-automatic weapon.
Not every film can make a shopping mall feel both magical and menacing, but Forbidden Fruits challenges that.
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A young girl named Hailey Mays sings a country song that is named after the film's title.
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