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.
Production companies: Impact Partners, New Israeli Foundation for Cinema and Television, kNow Productions, Warrior Poets, Chicken & Egg Pictures, Tribeca Film Institute, Medalia Productions
Production countries: China, Israel, United States of America
Nel XXI secolo una manciata di progettisti digitali ha il controllo totale su come miliardi di persone pensano, agiscono e vivono le loro vite. Addetti ai lavori di Google, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram e YouTube rivelano come le piattaforme riprogrammino la moderna civiltà raccontando cosa si cela dall'altro lato dello schermo dei nostri dispositivi tecnologici.