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Exotica. While Christina gives Thomas a lap dance, he attempts to glean information from her, and the two have a conversation which Francis listens to from his parked car. Christina explains to Thomas that she and Francis share a relationship of mutual
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played the club owner Zoe, having appeared in all of his previous films. Zoe is pregnant with Eric's child, and in reality, Khanjian was pregnant during filming, with Egoyan's son
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eggs, and his operation has afforded him hundreds of thousands of dollars a year, spurring suspicion from
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had grossed $ 1.75 million in Canada, a substantial sum for
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on its release in Canada and the United States, the film proved to be a major box office success for
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theatre. In the United States, it was initially released in 500 theatres. In the Philippines, the film was released on July 27, 1995, with ads containing the tagline, "After
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in May 1994, the first invitation for a Canadian film in several years. Based on the good reactions from film festivals, the film was able to fully recoup its
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wrote the film is "a jigsaw puzzle of the emotions in which sex spells out whole language of human behavior", and said the cast, including Kirshner and
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store owned and operated by Thomas Pinto, an introverted gay man profiting from the illegal import of a rare bird species. Thomas has been smuggling
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Johnson, Brian (October 3, 1994). "Exotic Atom: with 'Exotica,' Atom Egoyan has become the most celebrated Canadian film-maker of his generation".
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gave the film a B+, concluding "Like Christina's dance, the movie is a gorgeous tease, an artful promise of something that never quite arrives".
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simmers with sex and obsession, while successfully doubling as an extreme character study." On
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is Egoyan's most accomplished and seductive film to date", and less flashy than the upcoming
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in England through the company Network. In 2012, Alliance Films released the film on DVD and
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the clubs accurately, he also believed he could bring a skeptical perspective.
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went out of print in Canada for years, but was available on
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The film played in Toronto for 25 weeks, at one point in an
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Those Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves
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Schooling Desire: Literacy, Cultural Politics, and Pedagogy
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Beard, William (2007). "Atom Egoyan: Unnatural Relations".
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received positive reviews for her performance as Christina.
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Canadian Cinema Since the 1980s: At the Heart of the World
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comes another controversial and multi-awarded hot film."
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Wise, Wyndham (1995). "The True Meaning of Exotica".
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Best Picture Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners
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4161:The Decline of the American Empire
2882:. New York and London: Routledge.
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1522:Lee, Janice (12 September 1994).
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3132:Exotica: Formula for Seduction
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2571:"Festival de Cannes: Exotica"
2437:Shambu, Girish (April 2001).
2220:"Great Movie: Exotica (1994)"
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2612:Egoyan, Atom (Summer 2004).
1984:King, Aidan (16 June 2022).
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2698:Tschofen & Burwell 2006
2634:Burwell & Tschofen 2007
2551:, "Egoyan tops film poll".
1919:. Vol. 5, no. 5.
433:Peter Krantz as man in taxi
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4606:Canadian independent films
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2115:. Spring 1998. p. 22.
1965:. 27 July 1995. p. 23
1694:Philadelphia Media Network
1550:Bear, Liza (Spring 1995).
1388:Best Canadian Feature Film
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2874:Kelly, Ursula A. (1997).
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1237:Best Original Screenplay
994:Best Original Screenplay
905:for "quiet gravity" and
723:The Criterion Collection
16:1994 film by Atom Egoyan
4367:Manufactured Landscapes
4347:It's All Gone Pete Tong
4337:The Barbarian Invasions
3694:J.A. Martin photographe
3592:1964–1978: Feature Film
3489:The Stratford Adventure
1625:"Toronto the ... sexy?"
538:2 million budget, with
390:
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4576:1994 independent films
4487:The Fireflies Are Gone
3985:Canadian Screen Awards
3909:Les Invasions barbares
3686:Lies My Father Told Me
3521:Pour la suite du monde
3394:To Each His Own Cinema
2916:Naficy, Hamid (2001).
2248:"Emotional Striptease"
1921:British Film Institute
1552:"Look But Don't Touch"
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4651:Films shot in Toronto
4028:Juste la fin du monde
3017:Wilson, Emma (2003).
2998:Wilson, Emma (2009).
2836:Darke, Chris (2000).
1222:Best Supporting Actor
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4586:1990s Canadian films
4437:When Jews Were Funny
3589:Canadian Film Awards
3561:To See or Not to See
3446:Canadian Film Awards
3381:("En passant", 1991)
3260:Where the Truth Lies
3021:. Wallflower Press.
2855:Hasan, Mila (2016).
2557:, November 25, 2001.
2312:Entertainment Weekly
1091:Cannes Film Festival
837:Entertainment Weekly
656:Cannes Film Festival
542:900,000 coming from
309:Cannes Film Festival
4507:Inconvenient Indian
4277:The Sweet Hereafter
3861:The Sweet Hereafter
3757:The Terry Fox Story
3643:Goin' Down the Road
3457:The Loon's Necklace
3236:The Sweet Hereafter
2575:festival-cannes.com
2527:The Daily Telegraph
2343:The Washington Post
1383:8–17 September 1994
1338:Best Original Score
1282:Best Costume Design
1269:Best Cinematography
1176:Best Motion Picture
986:Best Motion Picture
940:The Daily Telegraph
934:The Sweet Hereafter
847:The Washington Post
805:, the film holds a
317:Best Motion Picture
4271:The Hanging Garden
4141:A Woman in Transit
3773:My American Cousin
3702:The Silent Partner
3465:Newfoundland Scene
3378:Montréal vu par...
3171:Films directed by
3036:Wong, Jan (2000).
2745:The New York Times
2554:The Globe and Mail
2474:. 2 September 2002
2416:The New York Times
1325:Best Sound Editing
1250:Best Art Direction
1155:Best Foreign Film
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4626:Films about grief
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3733:Les Bons débarras
3651:Mon oncle Antoine
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3359:Krapp's Last Tape
3244:Felicia's Journey
2659:on 21 August 2016
2581:on 22 August 2011
2276:"Review: Exotica"
2218:(11 March 2009).
2154:"Exotica Reviews"
1916:Sight & Sound
1808:on 20 August 2016
1701:on 20 August 2016
1597:Los Angeles Times
1417:Sight & Sound
1398:
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1259:Linda Del Rosario
1005:Date of ceremony
782:Canadian actress
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1944:
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1900:, p. 57.
1899:
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1885:, p. xi.
1884:
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1869:. p. 14.
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1827:Tschofen 2002
1823:
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1343:Mychael Danna
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1367:Atom Egoyan
1297:Best Editing
1241:Atom Egoyan
1227:Don McKellar
1212:Elias Koteas
1198:Atom Egoyan
1166:Genie Awards
1105:Atom Egoyan
1079:Paul Sarossy
996:for Egoyan.
982:Genie Awards
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