Exotica
- DropsyRocio23 april 2026This film brings you in it's mystical universe by the humming rhythm of the music, editing and the mirroring see throughs. I had a discussion with my friends about it. One wanted to convince me that it's is about the 'male gaze', because of its voyeurism. I told him that almost all films made by men are the male gaze and that we have distinguish voyeurism from this 'male gaze'. Because this film for me was about trauma, beauty, immigrants and repetition. Yes, there is some voyeurism, but that is what films and stories inherently are. We 'look' at them and I just didn't feel differently from other films in the sense that we are always spying on others peoples stories. Why only 4.5 star and not 5? Because a 5 for me must utter and complete recognition. Exotica is a life changing film too, but the lead male and the slow unfolding plot was in the end untouchable to me.
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Exotica was released on 21 oktober 1994.
Exotica was directed by Atom Egoyan.
Exotica has a runtime of 1h 43m.
Exotica was produced by Camelia Frieberg, Atom Egoyan.
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.
The key characters in Exotica are Francis (Bruce Greenwood), Christina (Mia Kirshner), Thomas (Don McKellar).
Exotica is rated 15.
Exotica is a Drama film.
Exotica has an audience rating of 8.3 out of 10.
Exotica had a budget of 2 mn US$.
Exotica has made 4,2 mn US$ at the box office.