Exotica

Exotica

6.6IMDb Score
Released:1994-09-29
Genre:Drama
Duration:103 min
Country:Canada
Director:Atom Egoyan
Actors:Bruce Greenwood, Mia Kirshner, Don McKellar, Sarah Polley, Victor Garber
Production:Ego Film Arts, Alliance Films

Overview:

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.

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