Exotica

Canada

1994

103 Min

Color

1.85:1

Hebrew, English

Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
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PROD Atom Egoyan, Camelia Frieberg

CAST Bruce Greenwood, Elias Koteas, Mia Kirshner, Arsinée Khanjian, Don McKellar, Sarah Polley, Victor Garber, Calvin Green, Damon D'Oliveira, Jack Blum, Bill Merasty, Ken McDougall, David Hemblen, Peter Krantz, Maury Chaykin

PROD DES Linda del Rosario, Richard Paris

SOUND Steve Munro

Cannes (In Competition): FIPRESCI Prize, Toronto (Perspective Canada): Best Canadian Feature Film, New York, Sundance (Special Screenings), Locarno (Piazza Grande), Vancouver, Chicago

Synopsis

Eric and Christina both work at the night club known as Exotica. They share a complex history that dates back many years. Francis, tax auditor by day, and Exotica patron by night, relies on the club to fill emptiness left in his life by his absent family. Zoe the pregnant owner and operator of Exotica, runs the club as she runs her life – marshalled and emotionless. And, Thomas, the pet shop owner, is infatuated with exotic animals and exotic people. –Cannes Film Festival

Director

Atom Egoyan

Atom Egoyan’s parents were painters and he studied International Relations and music at the University of Toronto where he began making short films: “Howard in Particular” 1979, “After Grad with Dad” 1980, “Peep Show” 1981 and “Open House” 1982.

While he has several distinguished Television and Opera works on his resume and such pictures as his debut “Next of Kin” 1984, Berlin and Moscow International Film Festival-winning “Family Viewing” 1987 and “The Adjuster” 1991 – his most critically acclaimed creation is The Sweet Hereafter (1997) and his most famous work is the astonishingly clever film-in-film Ararat (2002)

4 time Cannes Film Festival winner and the most famous Armenian filmmaker since Sergei Parajanov, the Egypt-born, Canada-bred, Oscar-nominated master of indie cinema, has collected an impressive 4 awards from the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival.

A 7 time recipient of Canada’s top Genie Awards, he is a remarkable figure in contemporary… read more

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Evnad

15Dec11

Unfolds like a striptease. Genius!

Adam Z

14Dec11

one of cinema's great screenplays, and just about perfectly filmed. The cast is a veritable who's who of Canadian acting greats, too.

Alex

14Jul11

Excellent movie, how can i not love postmodern cinema when we have movies like these? Egoyan creates an own fascinating world around.

Bongos615

24Mar11

Just saw this and I could easily see it sneaking up on my list of all-time favorites after a second viewing, One of the best-structured films I've ever seen, completely accessible yet concealing unknown depths of mystery. The motif of touching vs watching perfectly mirrors the emotional arc of the film. If I have one complaint, it's that the Elias Koteas character is a bit underwritten. An amazing achievement.