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Overview
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Director:
Writer:
Atom Egoyan (writer)
Release Date:
3 March 1995 (USA)
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Tagline:
In a world of temptation, obsession is the deadliest desire.
Plot:
The 'Exotica' is a nightclub on the outskirts of Toronto, where Eric, DJ and MC, watches nightly as his ex-girlfriend Christina performs...
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Awards:
13 wins
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7 nominations
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(11 articles)
This Week In DVD: October 13th
(From FilmSchoolRejects. 13 October 2009, 11:56 AM, PDT)
Tiff #7: It was a very good day
(From Roger Ebert's Blog. 15 September 2009, 4:43 AM, PDT)
(From FilmSchoolRejects. 13 October 2009, 11:56 AM, PDT)
Tiff #7: It was a very good day
(From Roger Ebert's Blog. 15 September 2009, 4:43 AM, PDT)
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | 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 |
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MPAA:
Rated R for some sexuality and language.
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Runtime:
103 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Singapore:R21 |
Iceland:12 |
Australia:R |
South Korea:18 |
New Zealand:R18 |
Canada:18A |
Chile:18 |
Finland:K-16 |
France:-12 |
Hong Kong:IIB |
Portugal:M/16 |
Spain:13 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:18 |
USA:R
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The director's wife, Arsinée Khanjian, was seven months pregnant when her parts in the movie were filmed.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Indie Sex: Taboos (2001) (TV)
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Soundtrack:
Impromptu, Op. 90 No. 4
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Fascinating and engrossing little character study. Several different characters and stories become interwoven. Eventually they all come together as one.
Greenwood plays an accountant who frequents a strip bar and becomes fixated on a particular dancer. Koteas is the club D.J. who notices this obsession and becomes jealous since he , at one time, had a relationship with her. Mckellar is the nebbish pet shop owner who also has a secret as well as a key between the three.
Thoroughly compelling stuff that's impossible to predict. The characters are believable, exposing traits you just don't see in them at the onset. Much like people you'd meet and get to know in real life. Each scene is like a piece to the puzzle.
Director Egoyan may be a little to obsessed with tying everything together. The final scene may be just a one step to far. Yet he still creates a very interesting subtext. He seems to show how interconnected we all are to one another and how we can relate to one another on different levels. The simple fact that we are human connects us no matter how 'disconnected' we may feel or be.
The sex club atmosphere is also taken from a different angle. He shows a much more complex and psychological motive behind it. He shows how sex is only one element in it.
Like with Egoyan's other films this thing is filled with a lot of philosophical banter and it quite humorless. It does have a tendency to be a bit 'heavy'. However unlike THE SWEET HEREAFTER it keeps moving and doesn't get completely bogged down in it.
On the technical side the lighting seems to washed out. The music selection is good, but oppressive.
Overall though the film achieves what it wants too. It keeps your attention and remains thought provoking throughout.