Clean Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

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 (English, French and Cantonese), as she battles 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.

Drama

• M
  Maggie Cheung

  Inglourious Basterds, 2046

• D
  Don McKellar

  Crimes of the Future, The Event

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  Nick Nolte

  Crime 101, Die, My Love

• B
  Beatrice Dalle

• L
  Laura Smet

  The Guardians

• J
  Jeanne Balibar

  Lost Illusions, Memoria

• I
  Ian Brown

• T
  Tricky

• P
  Paolo Cascardo

• P
  Patrick Fabian

  The Other Zoey, Snow Falls

• T
  Tamara Mello

• G
  George Loros

Who is making Clean – Crew List

The film's writer Olivier Assayas last penned Wasp Network and Clouds of Sils Maria.

Director

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Screenwriters

Olivier Assayas
Malachy Martin
Sarah Perry

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Dec 2004

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