''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.Caroline Rodgers
"Ceci n'est pas un polar: une enquête amoureuse"
'' La Presse'', October 26, 2014. The film stars

Roy Dupuis Roy Michael Joseph Dupuis (; born April 21, 1963) is a Canadian actor best known in America for his role as counterterrorism operative Michael Samuelle in the television series ''La Femme Nikita''. In Canada, specifically Quebec, he's known for n ...

as André Kosinski, a lonely taxi driver in

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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.Brendan Kelly
"Movie review: Ceci n'est pas un polar"
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'', October 30, 2014. Brendan Kelly of the ''

'' reviewed the film positively, writing that "You could call writer-director Patrick Gazé’s debut feature a Québécois ''

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'' but that would be misleading. Like the classic 1976

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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. The film premiered on October 9, 2014 at the

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, and had its Canadian premiere at the

Abitibi-Témiscamingue International Film Festival The Abitibi-Témiscamingue International Film Festival (french: Festival du cinéma international en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, FCIAT) is an annual film festival, which takes place in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada.Sean Gordon"How one region in hard- ...

on October 25."Le Festival du cinéma international en Abitibi-Témiscamingue s'ouvre avec le film Ceci n'est pas un polar"

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Abitibi-Témiscamingue, October 26, 2014.

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* 2014 films 2014 drama films Canadian drama films Quebec films Films shot in Montreal Films set in Montreal French-language Canadian films 2010s Canadian films {{2010s-Canada-film-stub