96 minutes – Thriller
Canadian Distributor: Alliance Vivafilm
Release date: October 9, 2009
5150 Rue des Ormes is located at the end of a quiet street in a small town. When Yannick Bérubé fell off his bike, he knocked at the door of the Beaulieu residence so he could clean the blood off his hands. But Jacques Beaulieu and his family had other plans for Yannick. Beaulieu is a righteous psychopath and fanatic chess player who wants to rid the world of evil. And even though Yannick 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 Yannick is now a pawn in Beaulieu’s game. After Beaulieu’s wife and daughter finally stand up to him, they free Yannick. But Yannick has gone mad sitting locked in the room playing chess game after chess game 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.
Pierre Even
Josée Vallée
Richard Speer
François Dutil
Alain Baril
Christian Clermont
Yannick Bérubé
Jacques Beaulieu
Maude Beaulieu
Michelle Beaulieu
Anne Beaulieu
Jérôme
Josée
Francine
Simon
Jean-Guy Ruel
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First published as Northernstars.net February 1, 1998
ISSN 2563 4895