5150 Elm's Way is a Canadian psychological-drama thriller film directed by
Éric Tessier and starring René-Daniel Dubois

René-Daniel Dubois

René-Daniel Dubois is a Québécois playwright and actor.-Movie career:He is best known for his 1985 play Being at Home with Claude, which was adapted into an award-winning film in 1992 and the 2009 Thriller drama 5150 Elm's Way...

 and Marc-André Grondin

Marc-André Grondin

Marc-André Grondin is a Canadian actor, most noted for his performance as Zachary Beaulieu in Jean-Marc Vallée's film C.R.A.Z.Y. , for which he won a Jutra award.-Movie career:...

. It based on a novel with the same name, written by author Patrick Senécal.

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, however Jack Beaulieu and his family had other plans for Yannick. Beaulieu is a righteous psychopath and fanatic chess player who wished to exempt the world of evil. And even though Yannick has done nothing wrong., he is struck, tortured and distressed before Beaulieu makes him an offer: win at chess and he is free to go. And so is Yannick now a pawn in Beaulieu's game, a game in which he will either lose his mind or his life.

Cast

• Marc-André Grondin
  Marc-André Grondin
  Marc-André Grondin is a Canadian actor, most noted for his performance as Zachary Beaulieu in Jean-Marc Vallée's film C.R.A.Z.Y. , for which he won a Jutra award.-Movie career:...
  
   as Yannick Bérubé
• Normand D'Amour as Jacques Beaulieu
• Sonia Vachon as Maude
• Mylène St-Sauveur as Michelle
• Élodie Larivière as Anne
• Catherine Bérubé as Josée
• Normand Chouinard as Jérome Bérubé
• Louise Bombardier as Francine Bérubé
• Pierre-Luc Lafontaine as Simon
• René-Daniel Dubois
  René-Daniel Dubois
  René-Daniel Dubois is a Québécois playwright and actor.-Movie career:He is best known for his 1985 play Being at Home with Claude, which was adapted into an award-winning film in 1992 and the 2009 Thriller drama 5150 Elm's Way...
  
   as M. Ruel

Awards

Éric Tessier won for his script the Audience Award at the Gérardmer Film Festival and Joan Patricia Parris was nominated for the Jutra Award for the best make-up.