Reception
Quitting premiered at the Venice Film Festival on 4 September 2001 and clinched the NETPAC Award (tied with Iranian film Raye makhfi, by Babak Payami). The film opened in the United States on 13 September 2002, distributed by Sony Pictures Classics. When it closed on 17 October 2002, it grossed a meager US$18,531 in box office.
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