5150 Rue des Ormes (2009)

5150 ELM'S WAY is located at the end of a quiet street in a small town. When Yannick fell off his bike, he knocked at the door of the Beaulieu residence so he could clean the blood off his ... See full summary »

Director:

Éric Tessier

Writer:

Patrick Senécal (scenario & adaptation)

Stars:

Marc-André Grondin, Normand D'Amour, Sonia Vachon

1 win & 9 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Marc-André Grondin	...	Yannick Bérubé
Normand D'Amour	...	Jacques Beaulieu
Sonia Vachon	...	Maude Beaulieu
Mylène St-Sauveur	...	Michelle Beaulieu
Élodie Larivière	...	Anne Beaulieu
Catherine Bérubé	...	Josée
Normand Chouinard	...	Jérome Bérubé
Louise Bombardier	...	Francine Bérubé
Pierre-Luc Lafontaine	...	Simon
René-Daniel Dubois	...	Jean Guy Ruel
Jacques Allard	...	Lecteur de nouvelles
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Melanie Bergeron	...	Ambulancier
Emile Castonguay	...	Déménageur
Stéphane Dufault	...	Policier
Karen Hader	...	Couple qui s'engeulo

Storyline

5150 ELM'S WAY is located at the end of a quiet street in a small town. When Yannick fell off his bike, he knocked at the door of the Beaulieu residence so he could clean the blood off his hands. But Jack Beaulieu and his family had other plans for Ian. Beaulieu is a righteous psychopath and fanatic chess player who wants to rid the world of evil. And even though Ian has done nothing wrong, he is beaten, tortured and tormented before Beaulieu makes him an offer: win at chess and he is free to go. And so Ian is now a pawn in Beaulieu 's game. A game in which he will either lose his mind or his life.

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Plot Keywords:

chess | chess player | psychopath | small town | street in title | 

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Taglines:

psychological trauma

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Genres:

Drama | Horror | Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Canada

Language:

French

Release Date:

23 April 2010 (USA)

Also Known As:

5150 Elm's Way

Filming Locations:

Melrose Studios, Saint-Hubert, Québec, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cirrus Communications

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Unfinished Games cause to Obsessions, but an Unreached Goal can Kill.

Rising like Phoenix from the ashes, the Chess concept began to take over the plot as a plot twist from a claustrophobic drift in such a modest production; that was when the story created its greatest suspense which will never end. I consider the whole as a great and awe-inspiring achievement.

After fell off his bike a film student Yannick needs to stop by a two-story town house to ask for aid. The father of the family from that house suggests him to make a call. After he goes inside and leaves the door unlocked behind him, Yannick starts his fatal exploration with his first step inside. Very suitable movie poster for this exact moment, when the happenings start to take effect.

First he witnesses the father of the family Jacques Beaulieu committing a murder in front of his eyes, second he's locked up in an unfurnished room, and then he starts having trouble with the other members of the family. Right at this sequence, we see one of the finest achievements in the movie: Excellent-almost perfect- CHARACTERIZATION. What will come out of the blue is all the main characters in this film will have a terrifying destiny. When everything is running organized for Jacques Beaulieu's plans, Yannick turns the outcomes upside down. Like all the other viewers me too became fond of the CHESSBOARD OF CORPSES. Jacques planned to array the chessmen from the characters he wanted to have, but Yannick's existence also altered the appearances on the chess board.

It's not just unpredictable what's going to happen every other scene, it's also unique in story-telling, too. Deeply detailed PSYCHOLOGICAL LAYOUT, the leading actors(Yannick vs. Jacques) reflect their inner phobias, counter-phobias and behaviour patterns to each other in a very factual way. This creates steps and steps closer to perfection, while what's perfect is the justice balance which forces us to see humankind is not entirely good or evil. The evil character Jacques is only trying to save the public from criminals and sinners, while he's fighting against the evil, he becomes an evil on his own, under a self-built heresy.

Very nicely done adaptation work offers a promising film and it succeeds in production aspects, too. Yannick's psychological trauma moments are served out with nice VISUAL EFFECTS and CINEMATOGRAPHY. It offers an unique style of tension without applying basic horror methods, spooky visuals and sharp shots which forces the viewer to wince.

A few deficiencies on character and story development with possible plot holes: 1/ JACQUES'S ACT OF JUSTICE: Jacques never locks up innocents into the room of the sinners he killed. But he kills a sinner in front of Yannick's eyes just because he's there to get aid for his bruises. As a serial killer of the 24 bodies and a thief to steal another 24 corpses, he should have acted so much much more professionally with Yannick. 2/ MAUDE'S SUICIDE: She never attempted to suicide before suddenly deciding on helping Yannick to escape. 3/ When Yannick started first to see delusions, he sees A FAT MAN WITH GLASSES, and continues seeing the same man every time he sees another delusion. There is no story held for this supporting character. 4/ The story doesn't build the necessary bridge between the happenings and the results for each family member's life. Neither the mum or dad ever worried about Michelle, after Anne is sent to the afflicted children's school. 5/ Anne's school never made any investigation nor at least a questionnaire about Anne's past.

This film was examining the addiction to murder and the effects of violence in the family in one point. It came to a dead end, finished in a tragedy for everyone, which is idealistically appropriate with its examination point. The second point supported the idea of the personal needs to trust the government's justice system to live in safety. Creating a justice other than the current system is only a fantasy. In this case, considering SCORSESE'S RAGING BULL, 5150 doesn't make the viewer to feel sad about Jacques the way we felt about Jake La Motta. Both Jacques and Jake seek their own sense of justice, but end up behind the bars. Another reflection on Jake La Motta is occurred when Yannick chose to continue the Chess rivalry against Jacques instead of the choice of freedom, then his paranoia obsession on Chess took over his personal life; just like Jake La Motta happens to become a stage comedian but continue practising his punches and crochets in the backstage of the theater. Unfinished games cause to obsessions, but an unreached goal can kill. A Proudly Canadian film. Congrats.