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5150 Elm's Way
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Wikipedia article
'5150 Elm's Way' is a 2009 French-language Canadian psychological thriller drama film directed by
ric Tessier and starring Ren-Daniel Dubois and Marc-Andr Grondin.[http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/18363 You Might Want to Avoid '5150 Elm's Way'] It is based on a novel with the same name, written by author Patrick Sencal.[http://www.ratsdebiblio.net/senecalpatrick5150.html 5150, rue des Ormes de Patrick Senecal]
Plot
Elm's Way is a calm street in a small town. When Yannick falls from his bike, he knocks on the door of the Beaulieu residence, to call a cab home. Entering the house, Yannick hears a man screaming upstairs. When he finally encounters the source of the screams he realizes that Beaulieu has wounded the man and was holding him hostage. Beaulieu then locks down Yannick in fear of him calling the police. Over time he learns Beaulieu is a righteous psychopath and fanatical chess player who kills drug-dealers, pedophiles and other bad people for a better world.
Weeks pass and Yannick remains a prisoner, though is otherwise not mistreated by Beaulieu. He tries to escape, but is recaptured by Beaulieu's daughter Michelle, who breaks his leg. As he has done nothing wrong, Beaulieu doesn't want to kill Yannick and eventually agrees to let him go if he wins a game of chess against him, Beaulieu having never lost a game in his life so far. They play chess constantly, but Yannick never wins, though he rattles Beaulieu by once managing a draw. After Beaulieu's wife and daughter finally stand up to Beaulieu, they free Yannick. But Yannick has gone mad sitting locked in the room playing chess games against Beaulieu and doesn't leave, believing that the only option to stop Beaulieu is to win against him.
In the final showdown the two play a chess game in the cellar, where Beaulieu has conserved all of his victims and placed them as pieces on a giant chessboard. During the game, Beaulieu's little stepdaughter enters the cellar and witnesses her dead mother placed as a piece on the chessboard. She is then shot accidentally by Beaulieu, which renders him catatonic. The police arrive, free Yannick and arrest Beaulieu. Four months later Yannick is still madly obsessed with the interrupted chess game, so thoroughly consumed by the thought of the final position that he alienates himself from his girlfriend.[http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/34949/a-place-you-dont-wanna-go-5150-elms-way A Place You DON'T Wanna Go -- 5150 Elm's Way]
Cast
Production
The film was filmed at Melrose Studios in Saint-Hubert, Qubec, Canada.[http://www.hour.ca/film/movie.aspx?iIDFilm=15352 Hour.ca - Film - Movie details - 5150, rue des Ormes]
Awards
ric Tessier won for his script the Audience Award at the Grardmer Film Festival[http://www.telefilm.gc.ca/05/516/Berlin/2010/media/docs/Canada-Sales-Desk-Berlin-2010.pdf Canada Sales Desk] and Joan-Patricia Parris was nominated for the Jutra Award for the best make-up.[http://www.indiewire.com/article/canadas_genies_toast_polytechnique_snub_mother/ Canada's Genies Toast 'Polytechnique,' Snub 'Mother' - indieWIRE]Release
The film premiered on 9 October 2009 in Canada.
References
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