MOVIE: WITHDRAWAL
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PLEASE JOIN ME FOR THIS SPECIAL EVENT SUPPORTING FRIEND OF SO CAL EXPLORERS AND INDIE FILMMAKERS DIRECTOR AARON STRAND AND CINEMATOGRAPHER EMILY MARQUET IN PERSON.
Date: Wednesday, June 10, 8:00
Venue: Frida Cinema
305 E 4th St #100, Santa Ana, CA 92701
Phone: (714) 285-9422
Tickets: $13.00
https://thefridacinema.org/purchase/1565876/
Director: Aaron Strand Run Time: 93 min. Release Year: 2025
Starring: Brent Michal, Jeanne Heaton, Julian Green, Millie Rose Evans, Orelon Sidney
Join us for a special one-off screening of the new indie addiction drama Withdrawal. And stick around after the screening as we present an in-person Q&A with Director Aaron Strand and Cinematographer Emily Marquet!
Artistic lovers Viv and Jay are trapped in a vicious cycle of codependent heroin addiction. When Viv’s wealthy parents hire an interventionist to take her to rehab, the couple decides to go it alone with nothing but a suboxone prescription and each other. All they have to do is survive one harrowing night of withdrawal. As the hours tick by, physical, mental, and emotional torments send them searching through fractured memories, trying to figure out where it all went wrong.
Raw, unflinching, and shockingly funny, Withdrawal was shot primarily on miniDV in Athens, Georgia. Winner of 12 awards on the festival circuit including Best Feature/Best Director at the Art of Brooklyn Film Festival and Best Actress at the Kanazawa Film Festival. Film Threat calls it “the best film about addiction since Requiem for a Dream.”