The 'Exotica' is a seedy strip joint in the outskirts of Toronto, where Eric, DJ and MC, watches nightly as his ex-girlfriend Christina performs a provocative schoolgirl routine. Regular customer Francis garners favours, Thomas goes through a series of 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. But what is the dark secret linking them? Stylish and erotic mystery thriller.