Exotica

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Egoyan, Atom, film director.

Greenwood, Bruce, actor.

Koteas, Elias, actor.

Kirshner, Mia, actor.

Garber, Victor, actor.

The Criterion Collection (Firm), Distributor.

Kanopy (Firm)., Distributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Independent films.

Detective and mystery films.

Drama.

Motion pictures.

Genre:

Feature films

Physical Description:

1 online resource (streaming video file) (104 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound

Place of Publication:

The Criterion Collection 1994

[San Francisco, California, USA] Kanopy Streaming 2023

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web

digital

video file MPEG-4 Flash

Summary:

Atom Egoyan's acclaimed commercial breakthrough is both a seductive, hypnotic thriller and a shattering meditation on loss and grief. At the eponymous strip club, Francis (Bruce Greenwood), a deeply depressed tax auditor, pays nightly visits to Christina (Mia Kirshner), a young dancer with whom he develops a curiously symbiotic relationship. Swirling around them are Eric (Elias Koteas), the house DJ, who is jealousy possessive of Christina; Zoe (Arsinée Khanjian), the club's owner, who is pregnant by Eric; and Thomas (Don McKellar), a smuggler of rare bird eggs whose activities Francis is investigating. Each is connected by a history of trauma and despair, the depths of which gradually come into haunting focus

Participant:

Bruce Greenwood, Elias Koteas, Mia Kirshner, Victor Garber

Notes:

Title from title frames

Film

In Process Record

Originally produced by The Criterion Collection in 1994

Publisher Number:

14353097 Kanopy

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license