Directed by:
Olivier AssayasScreenplay:
Olivier AssayasCinematography:
Eric GautierCast:
Maggie Cheung, Nick Nolte, Béatrice Dalle, Jeanne Balibar, Don McKellar, Joana Preiss, Elizabeth Densmore, Laetitia Spigarelli, Martha Henry, Rémi Martin (more)Plots(1)
Emily Wang (Maggie Cheung) is a woman who wrestles with her dream of becoming a singer, her fitness as a mother, and daily life without her partner Lee (James Johnston). Her past is riddled with drugs and regrets, the result of which left Lee dead in a desolate motel room in Hamilton, Ontario, and landed Emily with a six-month jail sentence. The only thing that she desires for the future is a loving relationship with her son Jay, who is being cared for by Lee's parents, Albrecht (Nick Nolte) and Rosemary (Martha Henry). While Rosemary blames Emily for the death of Lee, Albrecht recognizes the importance of the bond between a mother and her son, and his faith sets the standard for the faith Emily must find in herself. CLEAN follows Emily to Hamilton, Paris, London and San Francisco and in three languages, as she battle for a place in a world reluctant to forget the woman she has been and unwilling to accept her as the woman she longs to be. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Maggie Cheung
China
Best movies:
Comrades: Almost a Love Story (1996)
Hero (2002)
Police Story (1985)
Nick Nolte
USA
Best movies:
Warrior (2011)
Hotel Rwanda (2004)
U Turn (1997)
Béatrice Dalle
France
Best movies:
Night on Earth (1991)
Betty Blue (1986)
You and the Night (2013)
Jeanne Balibar
France
Best movies:
A Town Called Panic (2009)
Cold War (2018)
Who Knows (2001)
Don McKellar
Canada
Best movies:
Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993)
The Red Violin (1998)
The Adjuster (1991)
Joana Preiss
France
Best movies:
Paris, I Love You (2006)
Close to Leo (2002) (TV movie)
In Paris (2006)
Elizabeth Densmore
USA
Best movies:
Clean (2004)
Laetitia Spigarelli
Best movies:
Regular Lovers (2005)
Paris, I Love You (2006)
My Little Princess (2011)
Martha Henry
USA
Best movies:
And Then There Was One (1994) (TV movie)
Anne of Green Gables: The Continuing Story (2000) (TV movie)
Clean (2004)
Rémi Martin
France
Best movies:
Anything for Her (2008)
Family Council (1986)
Maigret (1991) (series)
Jürgen Doering
Best movies:
Jeanne du Barry (2023)
Clean (2004)
Demonlover (2002)
Calum de Hartog
Best movies:
Clean (2004)
David Roback
USA
Best movies:
Clean (2004)
Shaun Austin-Olsen
Best movies:
Focus (2001)
The Crossing (2000) (TV movie)
Clean (2004)
Philip Ross McKie
Best movies:
Clean (2004)