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Released 22 years ago.
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"When you don't have a choice, you change."
2004 1h 51m EN
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★6.4TMDB · 77
Drama
Synopsis
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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.
“When you don't have a choice, you change.”
Where to watch · US
Cast
Maggie Cheung
Emily Wang
Nick Nolte
Albrecht Hauser
Béatrice Dalle
Elena
Jeanne Balibar
Irène Paolini
Don McKellar
Vernon
Martha Henry
Rosemary Hauser
James Johnston
Lee Hauser
James Dennis
Jay
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Olivier Assayas
- Writers
- Olivier Assayas
- Languages
- Cantonese, English, French
- Countries
- Canada, France, United Kingdom
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WORLD
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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Cantonese, English, French.
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WORLD
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International production across 3 countries: Canada, France, United Kingdom.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Olivier Assayas, shot by Éric Gautier. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Brian Eno. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Luc Barnier shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Maggie Cheung and Nick Nolte and Béatrice Dalle carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "When you don't have a choice, you change.".
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Olivier Assayas directs. Éric Gautier behind the camera. Brian Eno scores. Luc Barnier cuts. Produced in Canada, France, United Kingdom. Dialogue in Cantonese, English, French.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Released 22 years ago.
- 2Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Cantonese, English, French.
- 3International production across 3 countries: Canada, France, United Kingdom.
- 4Directed by Olivier Assayas, shot by Éric Gautier. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5Original score by Brian Eno. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 6Editor Luc Barnier shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 7Maggie Cheung and Nick Nolte and Béatrice Dalle carry the top of the cast.
- 8Marketing tagline: "When you don't have a choice, you change.".
- 9IMDB entry: tt0388838 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 10Only 77 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
- 11Classified under 12 themes, including "paris, france", "rock star", "loss of loved one", "heroin".
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Éric Gautier
- Original score
- Brian Eno
- Editing
- Luc Barnier
- Production design
- William Fleming
- Costume design
- Anaïs Romand
- Makeup / hair
- Franck-Pascal Alquinet
- Sound
- Roman Alexander Buchok
- Stunt coordinator
- John Stoneham Jr.
- Runtime
- 111 min · 1h 51m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
- IMDB
- Clean (2004)
Awards
- Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress
Individual records documented via Wikidata; the summary above may count more.
Also by
Olivier Assayas
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Trailers & featurettes
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Production companies
Who made it
Rectangle Productions
FR
- HA
Haystack Productions
GB
Rhombus Media
CA
ARTE France Cinéma
FR
UK Film Council
GB
- MA
Matrix Film Finance
- TH
The Film Consortium
- FO
Forensic Films
US
- JO
Journeyman Films Ltd.
Key crew
- Co-ProducerNathalie Choukroun-Lacoste
- Line ProducerSari Friedland
- Co-ProducerDaniel Iron
- Co-ProducerJane Moore
- Executive ProducerAline Perry
- Executive ProducerRupert Preston
- Line ProducerFrédéric Sauvagnac
- CastingShaheen Baig
- CastingAntoinette Boulat
- CastingJohn Buchan
- CastingMillie Tom
- CastingIsabelle Ungaro
- Production DesignWilliam Fleming
- Production DesignFrançois-Renaud Labarthe
- Set DecorationCécilia Blom
- Set DecorationIan Greig
- Costume DesignAnaïs Romand
- HairstylistFranck-Pascal Alquinet
- Key Hair StylistDebra Johnson
- Makeup ArtistThi-Loan Nguyen
- Assistant Unit ManagerReza Boirahmady
- Production ManagerJo Farr
- Assistant Production ManagerSylvain Marques
- OtherAdrien Scolan
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- paris, france
- rock star
- loss of loved one
- heroin
- junkie
- addiction
- ontario, canada
- drug overdose
- recovering addict
- vancouver
- chinese restaurant
- estranged son
Release history · US
When it landed
- Premiere2005-03-18· Rendezvous With French Cinema
Also known as
International titles
- KathariGR
- НачистоRU
