Web Junkie
HD
6.559
79 minChina 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 three-month 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 inter-generational pressures and the disregard of the human rights of minors who get caught in the net.
Country:
US, IL, CNGenre:
DocumentaryReleased:
2014-01-20Languages:
Mandarin, EnglishCompanies:
Impact PartnersNew Israeli Foundation for Cinema and TelevisionkNow ProductionsWarrior PoetsChicken & Egg FilmsTribeca Film InstituteMedalia Productions