Clean (2004)

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When you don't have a choice, you change.

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.

• Released: 2004-09-01
• Genres: Drama
• Runtime: 1h 51m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.4/10 from 77 votes

Directed by Olivier Assayas.

Top cast

• Maggie Cheung Man-yuk as Emily Wang
• Nick Nolte as Albrecht Hauser
• Béatrice Dalle as Elena
• Jeanne Balibar as Irène Paolini
• Don McKellar as Vernon
• Martha Henry as Rosemary Hauser
• James Johnston as Lee Hauser
• James Dennis as Jay
• Rémi Martin as Jean-Pierre
• Laëtitia Spigarelli as Sandrine

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Clean

• United States: stream on Criterion Channel, Cinefest Amazon Channel
• Canada: watch free on Plex

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