Stranger in a Cab

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]

Stranger in a Cab
Film poster
FrenchCeci n'est pas un polar
Directed byPatrick Gazé
Produced byLouisa Déry
Michèle Grondin
Written byPatrick Gazé
StarringRoy Dupuis
Christine Beaulieu
CinematographyJean-François Lord
Edited byPatrick Gazé
Production
company
Productions Mi-Lou
Distributed byK-Films Amérique
Release date
  • October 9, 2014 (2014-10-09)
Running time
119 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

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]

References
  1. Caroline Rodgers, "Ceci n'est pas un polar: une enquête amoureuse". La Presse, October 26, 2014.
  2. Brendan Kelly, "Movie review: Ceci n'est pas un polar". Montreal Gazette, October 30, 2014.
  3. "Ceci n'est pas un polar en sélection officielle à Namur". La Presse, September 18, 2014.
  4. "Le Festival du cinéma international en Abitibi-Témiscamingue s'ouvre avec le film Ceci n'est pas un polar". Ici Radio-Canada Abitibi-Témiscamingue, October 26, 2014.
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