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Exotica (1994) (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
Toronto International Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
104 min + 52 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Documentary
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1994 and produced in:
Canada ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Atom Egoyan

Written By:
Atom Egoyan

Actors:
David Hemblen ..... Customs inspector
Mia Kirshner ..... Christina
Calvin Green ..... Customs officer
Elias Koteas ..... Eric
Bruce Greenwood ..... Francis Brown
Peter Krantz ..... Man in taxi
Don McKellar ..... Thomas Pinto
Arsinée Khanjian ..... Zoe
Sarah Polley ..... Tracey Brown
Victor Garber ..... Harold Brown
Damon D'Oliveira ..... Man at opera
Jack Blum ..... Scalper
Billy Merasty ..... Man at opera
Ken McDougall ..... Doorman

Synopsis:

The 'Exotica' is a nightclub on the outskirts of Toronto, where Eric, DJ and MC, watches nightly as his ex-girlfriend Christina performs. Watches jealously, especially as far as the extra attentions regular customer Francis garners are concerned. Thomas, meanwhile and erstwhile, goes through a series of, um, interesting situations involving his pet shop, a gruff taxi-sharing stranger, unexpected tickets to the opera and smuggled eggs of a rare bird. Multiple story lines unfold in a splendid tangle of cutbacks, forward and backward references and recurring themes, all woven around the Exotica, its customers and employees. A calm roller-coaster ride of a movie, visually and intriguingly and emotionally moving. O, and the sound track is notable, too.

The action in Canadian provocateur Atom Egoyan's cryptic Exotica revolves largely around the strip club, which lends the film its name, a faux-tropical hothouse where young female dancers cater to their customers' sexual and psychological needs. Among the regulars is Francis (Bruce Greenwood), a troubled taxman haunted by Christina, a young stripper played by Mia Kirshner. As the film hypnotically unfolds, their relationship is slowly explored, the narrative dovetailing with the stories of a gay pet shop owner (Don McKellar), the Exotica's pregnant owner (Arsinee Khanjian), and its embittered DJ (Elias Koteas). Like all of Egoyan's films, Exotica is a riddle, its answers only fostering more questions. The director's recurring themes of family breakdowns, voyeurism and obsession are all in the mix here as well, but essayed with a new clarity of vision and intensity.

This psychological thriller is true to its subjects as well as being complex, dynamic, and overly dramatic. How something so long ago, seemingly trivial, years later with more significant trauma, turns repressed emotions into a dysfunctional life and distorted thinking. This is all merged into a psychological menagerie that unfolds piece by piece to perfection.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 07 February, 2014.