Project Detail

Clean

Synopsis

When you don't have a choice you change.

Emily (Maggie Cheung) has only one obsession: to be reunited with her son, who is living with her parents-in-law on the other side of the world. But to achieve this she must rebuild her life. She must become 'clean'.

Details

Year
2005
Type of project
Features
Running time
110 mins
Format
35mm
Director
Olivier Assayas
Producer
Nathalie Choukron-Lacoste, Jane Moore, Daniel Iron
Co-Producer
Nathalie Choukron-Lacoste, Jane Moore, Daniel Iron
Editor
Luc Barnier
Screenwriter
Olivier Assayas
Director of Photography
Eric Gautier
Sound
Guillaume Sciama, Herwig Gayer, Bill Flynn, Daniel Sobrino
Principal cast
Maggie Cheung, Nick Nolte, Beatrice Dalle, Jeanne Balibar

Genre

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Rhombus Media

Haystack Productions
Rectangle Productions
c/o The Works

Sales Company

The Works

Portland House
4 Great Portland Street
London W1W 8QJ
UK

T+44 (0)20 7612 1080

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