Quitting

Name: Quitting
Director: Zhang Yang
Released: 2001-01-01

2001 film directed by Zhang Yang

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Released: 2001
Director: Zhang Yang
Screenwriter: Zhang Yang
Producer: Peter Loehr
, Imar Film Company
Cast: Jia Hongsheng
Genre: docudrama
Country of origin: People's Republic of China
Original language: Mandarin

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Quitting is a 2001 Chinese drama film directed by Zhang Yang, starring and based on the true life story of Jia Hongsheng. Jia, an actor and former drug addict, battled his addiction to marijuana and heroin for five years from 1992 to 1997. All members of the cast, from Jia and Jia's family members right down to the doctors and patients at a mental institute Jia was admitted to, are real people playing themselves. The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival on 4 September 2001 and clinched the NETPAC Award.

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Director of photography: Wang Yu
Color: color
Review score: 77%(October 9, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes · number of reviews/ratings: 44 critic review
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6.5/10(October 9, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes
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