Withdrawal

Coming to the Circle for one night only with writer/director/editor Aaron Strand in attendance for a Q&A! Tickets on sale now, $13 members and $15 non-members.

1h40min - Drama - Not Rated - English

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 surprisingly funny, Withdrawal was shot on miniDV in Athens, GA for a budget of $60k. 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.

Withdrawal is touring the independent cinemas and art spaces this year, and the Circle is proud to bring this powerful new film about to Oklahoma as it received rave reviews in the press:

"The best film about addiction since ‘Requiem for a Dream’” - Film Threat

“In a world where movies like this would be nominated for Oscars and BAFTAs, Evans and Michal would be taking home all the awards for their acting” - Film Fugitives

“Superbly acted and jarringly raw and realistic to the core, Withdrawal offers a harsh look at drug addiction through expert filmmaking” - Film Focus