Exotica (film)
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Exotica film poster
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| Directed by | Atom Egoyan |
| Produced by | Atom Egoyan Camelia Frieberg |
| Written by | Atom Egoyan |
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| Cinematography | Paul Sarossy |
| Distributed by | Miramax Films |
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Release date
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May 16, 1994 (Cannes) March 1995 (wide) |
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Running time
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103 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Budget | CAD 2 million |
| Box office | $5.13 million |
Exotica is a 1994 Canadian drama film set primarily in and around the fictional Exotica strip club in Toronto. It is written and directed by Atom Egoyan and stars Mia Kirshner, Elias Koteas, Sarah Polley, Bruce Greenwood and Don McKellar.
The story concerns a father grieving over the loss of a child and obsessed with a young stripper. It was inspired by Egoyan's curiosity by the role strip clubs play in sex-obsessed societies, and rules forbidding clients from touching dancers. It was filmed in Toronto in 1993. The film was a box office success and won numerous awards, including the FIPRESCI Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and eight Genie Awards, including Best Motion Picture.
A tax auditor for Revenue Canada, Francis Brown, is a regular visitor at a Toronto strip club called Exotica. Grieving for the loss of his murdered daughter, he always has Christina, an exotic dancer dressed in a schoolgirl uniform, give him a private dance. This inspires the jealousy of the club's DJ Eric, Christina's former boyfriend who has also impregnated the club's owner Zoe. While at the club, Francis pays his brother Harold's young daughter to babysit. However, Francis has no children left and the girl merely practices music alone until Francis returns and drives her home. Francis' relationship with his brother is strained, as the police have told Francis that Harold had an affair with his wife before she died in a car accident, that left Harold a paraplegic. It is also revealed that Francis's daughter was kidnapped and killed, and he was one of the suspects but was later exonerated. The accusation left a psychological scar on him.
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