Clean

A woman throws herself into a last-ditch struggle to conquer her demons in this gritty drama from director Olivier Assayas. Lee Hauser (James Johnston) is a faded rock star who lives with his wife, Emily Wang (Maggie Cheung), the former host of a European music video show, in a small town in ...more

The humanistic, traditionally shot and edited drama Clean is a far cry from director Olivier Assayas' previous collaboration with actress Maggie Cheung, the off-the-wall deconstructionist Irma Vep. The compositions are uncluttered with a geometric attention to shapes and lines which, combined with the lighting, accentuates the effect of modern industrial architecture. The landscape is reminiscent of Scandinavia or the Netherlands, and although the film takes place in Canada, Paris, and London, ...more