Exotica

Exotica

In a world of temptation, obsession is the deadliest desire.

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Release Date

9/29/1994

Runtime

104 mins

Genres

Overview

In the upscale Toronto strip club Exotica, dancer Christina is visited nightly by the obsessive Francis, a depressed tax auditor. Her ex-boyfriend, the club's MC, Eric, still jealously pines for her even as he introduces her onstage, but Eric is having his own relationship problems with the club's female owner. Thomas, a mysterious pet-shop owner, is about to become unexpectedly involved in their lives.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$2,000,000

Revenue

$4,221,036

Homepage

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A glacial exploration of desire and damage set in Toronto's underworld, where damaged people orbit each other in the neon-soaked confines of a strip club. Atom Egoyan peels back layers of hidden trauma and unspoken need with surgical precision.

Mood

MelancholicUnsettlingTense

Themes

ObsessionGriefMemoryIsolationIdentity

Tone

Detached

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

FormalistHigh-contrastDesaturated

Structure

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Heads up

Sexual content

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