Web Junkie (2014)

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Audience Score
66
Web Junkie
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China is the first country in the world to classify Internet addiction as a clinical disorder Caught in the Net features a Beijing treatment center where Chinese teenagers are being deprogrammed and follows the story of three boys from the day they arrive at the center to their threemonth treatment period and their long awaited return home The film provides a microcosm of modern Chinese life and investigates one of the symptoms of the Internet age It examines intergenerational pressures and the disregard of the human rights of minors who get caught in the net
DirectorsHilla MedaliaShosh Shlam

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:January 20th, 2014
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Impact Partners New Israeli Foundation for Cinema and Television kNow Productions Warrior Poets Chicken Egg Pictures Tribeca Film Institute Medalia Productions