EXOTICA LTBX MIA KIRSHNER ARSINEE KHANJIAN RARE LASERDISC

David Hemblen .... Inspector
Calvin Green .... Customs Officer
Don McKellar .... Thomas Pinto
Peter Krantz .... Man in Taxi
Mia Kirshner .... Christina
Arsinée Khanjian .... Zoe
Elias Koteas .... Eric
Bruce Greenwood .... Francis Brown
Damon D'Oliveira .... Man at Opera
Sarah Polley .... Tracey
Victor Garber .... Harold
Jack Blum .... Scalper
Billy Merasty .... Man at Opera
Ken McDougall .... Doorman
Maury Chaykin .... Exotica club client (uncredited)
C.J. Fidler .... Exotica Dancer (uncredited)

The 'Exotica' is a nightclub on the outskirts of Toronto, where Eric, DJ and MC, watches nightly as his ex-girlfriend Christina performs. Watches jealously, especially as far as the extra attentions regular customer Francis garners are concerned. Thomas, meanwhile and erstwhile, goes through a series of, um, interesting situations involving his pet shop, a gruff taxi-sharing stranger, unexpected tickets to the opera and smuggled eggs of a rare bird. Multiple story lines unfold in a splendid tangle of cutbacks, forward and backward references and recurring themes, all woven around the Exotica, its customers and employees. A calm roller-coaster ride of a movie, visually and intriguingly and emotionally moving. O, and the sound track is notable, too.