CLEAN
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After several years of living together, Lee Hauser and Emily Wang are all washed up. Mythical rock star of the 80s, Lee no longer has a recording contract. He goes from one small town to another giving concerts. A carefree life of easy money and fame has gone to ruin. A child left with Lee's parents. And drugs.
When Lee is found dead of an overdose in a motel room on the outskirts of Hamilton, Ontario, Emily is arrested for possession of drugs and put into prison. At the snap of a finger, her life falls to pieces. When she is released six months later, she decides to start over in Paris, where she once lived. But everything has changed. The one thing to which she still feels a sense of attachment is her son, Jay, who is growing up with Lee's parents. Does Emily have what it takes to be a good mother? Is she capable of seizing the opportunity that destiny offers? Does Jay want a mother like Emily?
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Olivier Assayas
Director
Born in Paris in 1955, Olivier Assayas is one of the leading figures in the new generation of French filmmakers. An award-winning screenwriter/director, he is also a published author. His screenwriting/directing credits include Disorder (1986), winner of the International Critics' Prize at the Venice Film Festival; Paris Awakens (1991), recipient of the Jean-Vigo Prize in 1992; Cold Water (1994) and Irma Vep (1996), both screened in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes; The Destinees (2000) and Demonlover (2002), both in Official Competition at Cannes. Assayas was also a member of the editorial team at the prestigious Cahiers du Cinéma, and is the author of three books about film, Hong-Kong Cinema, Conversations With Bergman, and In Praise of Kenneth Anger, all published by Éditions de l’Étoile.
35 mm
110 minutes
Colour
Aspect ratio
2.35
Original version in English |
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Producers
Edouard Weil
Niv Fichman
Xavier Marchand
Line Producers
Frédéric Sauvagnac
Sari Friedland
Director and Scriptwriter
Olivier Assayas
Director of Photography
Éric Gauthier
Editor
Luc Barnier
Sound
Guillaume Sciama
Herwig Gayer
Richard Flynn
Production Designers
François-Renaud Labarthe
Bill Fleming
Costume Designer
Anaïs Romand
Cast
Maggie Cheung
Nick Nolte
Jeanne Balibar
Don McKellar
Martha Henry
James Johnston
James Dennis
Rémi Martin
Laetitia Spigarelli
Béatrice Dalle
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Production
Rhombus Media Inc.
99 Spadina Ave.
Suite 600
Toronto Ontario
M5V 3P8
Canada
(416) 971-7856
(416) 971-9647
info@rhombusmedia.com
www.rhombusmedia.com
Co-production - France and United Kingdom
Rectangle Productions
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Paris
75008
France
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Haystack Productions
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London
W1B 5QG
England
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Distribution – Canada
TVA Films
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Toronto Ontario
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Canada
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International Distribution (except France and United Kingdom)
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London
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England
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Distribution – France
La société ARP
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France
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Distribution - United Kingdom
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London
NW5 1AG
England
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