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Clean

2004 · 111 min

A quiet, unhurried character study that immerses you in a woman's fragile, determined struggle to rebuild her life.

Directed by
Olivier Assayas
Genres
Drama
Starring
Maggie Cheung Man-yuk, Nick Nolte, Béatrice Dalle
Tagline
When you don't have a choice, you change.
Overview
After she ends up in prison and loses custody of her son, a woman struggles to assimilate outside her former life and remain clean long enough to regain custody of her son.

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Directed by
Olivier Assayas
Genres
Drama
Starring
Maggie Cheung Man-yuk, Nick Nolte, Béatrice Dalle
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • addiction
  • redemption
  • family
  • grief
  • identity
Places
  • big city
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Olivier Assayas
Written by
Olivier Assayas
Starring
Maggie Cheung Man-yuk, Nick Nolte, Béatrice Dalle, Jeanne Balibar, Don McKellar, Martha Henry, James Johnston, James Dennis
Music
Tricky, David Roback
Cinematography
Éric Gautier
Runtime
111 min
Country
Canada, France, United Kingdom
Languages
Cantonese, English, French

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