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BAM Retrospective Preview, Post-Punk Auteur: Olivier Assayas’ Clean

Clean is the story of Emily Wang, a junkie musician, in prison for the death of her rockstar boyfriend who died of a herion overdose. When she is released, she struggles to to clean up her life, stay off drugs and reconnect with her six year old son who was raised by her in-laws. This film stars Maggie Cheung (In The Mood For Love), Nick Nolte and Béatrice Dalle.

Maggie Cheung was the first Asian actress to win Best Actress at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival for her performance in Clean. This film also features music from the indie rock band, Metric.

Written and Directed by Olivier Assayas.

This will be screening at BAM on Saturday, October 16th with a new 35mm print!

Buy the film from Amazon / Rent the film from Netflix.



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