| Stranger in a Cab | |
| Native Name: | |
| Director: | Patrick Gazé |
| Producer: | Louisa Déry Michèle Grondin |
| Starring: | Roy Dupuis Christine Beaulieu |
| Cinematography: | Jean-François Lord |
| Editing: | Patrick Gazé |
| Studio: | Productions Mi-Lou |
| Distributor: | K-Films Amérique |
| Runtime: | 119 minutes |
| Country: | Canada |
| Language: | French |
Stranger in a Cab (French: Ceci n'est pas un polar, lit. "This is not a thriller") is a Canadian drama film, directed by Patrick Gazé and released in 2014.[1] The film stars Roy Dupuis as André Kosinski, a lonely taxi driver in Montreal who begins a passionate affair with Marianne (Christine Beaulieu) after she is a passenger in his cab, only to become concerned that she may have been involved in a crime.[2]
Brendan Kelly of the Montreal Gazette reviewed the film positively, writing that "You could call writer-director Patrick Gazé’s debut feature a Québécois Taxi Driver but that would be misleading. Like the classic 1976 Martin Scorsese film, Gazé’s Ceci n’est pas un polar — which translates as This Is Not a Thriller — is a drama focusing on a troubled cabbie driving the mean streets of a North American city. But that’s where the comparison ends." He further singled out Dupuis's performance in the film as one of the strongest of his career.[2]
The film premiered on October 9, 2014 at the Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur,[3] and had its Canadian premiere at the Abitibi-Témiscamingue International Film Festival on October 25.[4]