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Quitting (2002)

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Details Limited Release: Sep 13, 2002; Genre: Drama; With: Jia Hongsheng

$MAN IN THE MIRROR Hongsheng takes a hard look at himself in \'\'Quitting\'\' Quitting, Jia Hongsheng$

Image credit: Quitting: Zhou Yue

MAN IN THE MIRROR Hongsheng takes a hard look at himself in ''Quitting''

Chinese B-movie ''thug idol'' Jia Hongsheng was huge in the late '80s but by the mid-'90s, he had become an institutionalized heroin addict. Talk about cinema vérité: The biopic, directed by Zhang Yang (''Shower''), cast nearly all of the actual people involved, from Hongsheng to his family, friends, doctor, and fellow patients.

Originally posted Aug 20, 2002

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