Wait For Me is a new documentary from the Academy Award winning director of Born Into Brothels.
In 1985, John Ewing Dreyfous, a young man from a well-to-do family took a bicycle trip across southern Europe, wandered into Bangladesh, traveled through India, and vanished while hiking in the rugged foothills of the Himalayas. He was never seen or heard from again.
Wait For Me is the story of a mother’s spiritual and emotional search for her son—a ceaseless trek, propelled by an unconditional love and an unwavering belief that he may still be alive.
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A three minute cut of the film premiered at the New York Film Festival. A feature-length version is currently in production.
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I somehow stumbled upon this stunning film on the Internet. In three short minutes it tells the most beautiful and heart-breaking story. I teach English to foreigners in Philadelphia and I showed it to them today, turning it into a lesson on comprehension. Their level of English is fairly low, so I told them not to worry about understanding every word. I explained that they should just focus on what they could understand and how the film made them feel. After showing it them once I asked, “How did it make you feel?” One of my students looked at me with wet eyes and said, “I feel sad.”