WEB JUNKIE could serve as a dark comedy, if the reality of its subjects wasn't so grimly resonant. Directors Hilla Medalia and Shosh Shlam explore the insides of a Chinese rehabilitation center for internet addiction, where youths are reprogrammed from their habitual efforts to connect in a contemporary online world, where everyone has been brought closer together and yet actually kept apart. The cultural novelty of treating obsessive online activity as a serious clinical disorder is just as entertaining as it is devastating, and the film becomes ultimately chilling as the severity of the treatment is unveiled.
| Release Date: | Mar 15, 2014 |
| Running Time: | 74 minutes |
| Country: | Israel |
| Language: | Chinese |
China is the first country to label “Internet addiction” a clinical disorder. With extraordinary intimacy, Web Junkie investigates a Beijing rehab center where Chinese teenagers are deprogrammed, focusing on three teens, their parents and the health professionals determined to help them kick their habit.
