Claire Dolan

American filmmaker Lodge Kerrigan (Clean, Shaven) directed this French production, set in New York. Dublin native Claire (Katrin Cartlidge of Naked and Career Girls) is a New York prostitute constantly working to eliminate her debt to menacing Roland Cain (Colm Meaney), who's known her since she was ...more

Lodge Kerrigan's austere, stylized follow-up to his minor festival hit Clean, Shaven will no doubt confound viewers expecting a routine thriller about a prostitute caught between her pimp and the man with whom she may be falling in love. But Claire Dolan, while far from perfect, is much more than its plot synopsis might suggest. From its orderly opening shots of a cold, asymmetrical New York skyline to its clean, sharp, and slightly unreal dialogue, it's clear that Kerrigan and lead Katrin ...more