Clean Movie Review 2004

Emily (Cheung) and her common-law husband Lee Hauser (Johnston) are heroin addicts who abandoned their young son to Lee's parents. Lee, a faded 80s rocker, dies of an overdose, and Emily is sent to jail, where she tries to get clean. After her release, Emily wants to reconnect with her son, but grandma Rosemary (Henry) hates her; grandpa Albrecht (Nolte) is more willing to give Emily a chance. Emily struggles to keep off drugs while attempting to find work and mend fences but the character is so prickly and self-centered that she garners little sympathy.

Distribution

Palm Pictures, 727 N. Hudston St., Ste. 100, Chicago, IL 60610, Phone: (312)751-0020, Fax: (312)751-2483

Running time 110 minutes.
Originally from Canadian, British, French.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Drug Use & Abuse, Moms, Grandparents, Canada, London, Paris, Showbiz Dramas

Screenplay

Olivier Assayas

Cast

Maggie Cheung, Nick Nolte, Beatrice Dalle, Jeanne Balibar, Don McKellar, Martha Henry, James Johnston, Remi Martin, James Dennis, Laetitia Spigarelli

Cinematography

Eric Gautier

Director

Olivier Assayas

Music

David Roback, Brian Eno

Other

David Roback, Guillaume Sciama, Bill Flynn, Tricky, Herwig Gayer, Daniel Sobrino, Luc Barnier, Anais Romand, Francois-Renaud Labarthe, Bill Fleming

Producer

Edouard Weil, Xavier Giannoli, Niv Fichman, Xavier Marchand, Rhombus Media, Arte France Cinema, Film Consortium, U.K. Film Council, Canal Plus, Palm Pictures