Exotica
Back| Year of participation | 2010 |
| Program | Tributes |
| Producer(s) | Atom Egoyan, Camelia Frieberg, Robert Lantos, David Webb |
| Director(s) | Atom Egoyan |
| Script | Atom Egoyan |
| Director of Photography | Paul Sarossy |
| Production designer | Linda Del Rosario, Richard Paris |
| Music by | Mychael Danna |
| Sound | Steven Munro |
| Edit | Susan Shipton |
| Cast | Bruce Greenwood, Mia Kirshner, Don McKellar, Arsinee Khanjain, Elias Koteas, Sarah Polly, Victor Garber |
| Production company(-ies) | Ego Film Arts, Alliance Entertainment, Miramax Films, with the participation of Telefilm Canada and the Ontario Film Development Corporation |
Synopsis
“In telling the story of Exotica, Egoyan wanted to structure the film like a striptease, gradually revealing an emotionally loaded history. The characters in the film move through a series of rituals and routines that define their loneliness and sense of despair. At times these activities may seem perverse or absurd as people transform their pain into self-made myths and legends. It is Egoyan’s belief that human beings find nothing more absorbing than the exoticism of their own experience.” – Atom Egoyan
Awards
FIPRESCI Prize (Cannes IFF, 1994); Toronto City Award for Best Canadian Film, (Toronto IFF, 1994); Silver Spike (Valladolid IFF, 1994); 8 Genie Awards including for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role (Don McKellar), Best Screenplay, Best Achievement in Cinematography, Best Musical Score, Best Achievement in Art Direction, Best Achievement in Costume Design, 1994; Best Foreign Film (French Critics Association, 1994); Best Foreign Film (Belgium Critics Association, 1994)
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