Exotica
A film is directed by Atom Egoyan and starring Bruce Greenwood, Elias Koteas as well as Don McKellar follows Francis whose daughter was kiled by a homicide a few years ago, is always watching Christina dance in the night club Exotica. He falls head over heels in love with her.
1964, Guyana
6 September 1958, Beirut, Lebanon
1966, Canada
8 January 1979, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
11 March 1961, Montréal, Québec, Canada
17 August 1963, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
12 August 1956, Noranda, Québec, Canada
25 January 1975, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
16 March 1949, London, Ontario, Canada
27 July 1949, Brooklyn, New York, USA
1960, Brochet, Manitoba, Canada
October 29, 2002
Apparent from its ominous, opening pan is Exotica's craft - the film is deliberate and attentive, and displays action that is not apparently related or significant - at first. Ultimately, the exposition purposefully lacks a cohesiveness.April 29, 2011
Egoyan's first Cannes Film Fest entry is an engaging tale of sexual desire and alienation.August 15, 2003
A mosaic-style thriller whose artful recipe is deepened in The Sweet Hereafter.August 30, 2002
Demonstrates that the mystery of the human personality must be respected and even hallowed.February 10, 2003
It might be set in a strip club, but Atom Egoyan's tale of loneliness, lust and jealously simmers with sensual heat.August 03, 2012
One of the most despairing movies, and yet there is in the precision of its craft and the depth of its empathy something fundamentally uplifting.March 18, 2011
Uses its eroticism as a head trip into loneliness, alienation and desperation.December 04, 2002
Don't be fooled by the soft-core poster; this haunting tale of pain and memory is as good as they come.January 15, 2005
Egoyan's intent is not ultimately to disturb us, but to look closely at people at their wits' end, desperate, and sad, in hopes of finding absolution for them.January 01, 2000
One of the best movies ever to come out of Canada.December 22, 2005
Egoyan's masterpiece -- a twisting tale of erotic obsession and hypnotic storytelling.