Plot Summary

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 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.

Movie Details

Original Title
Web Junkie
Status
released
Original Language
en

Where to watch free (US)

Kanopy

Production Companies

Impact Partners logoImpact Partners
New Israeli Foundation for Cinema and Television
kNow Productions
Warrior Poets
Chicken & Egg Films logoChicken & Egg Films
Tribeca Film Institute logoTribeca Film Institute