Clean

Clean

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

2004 · 111 min · ★ 6.4 · Drama

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.

Directed by Olivier Assayas · Written by Olivier Assayas

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