Wish You Were Here

Synopsis: Four friends lose themselves in a carefree South-East Asian holiday. Only three come back. Dave and Alice return home to their young family desperate for answers about Jeremy's mysterious disappearance. When Alice's sister Steph returns not long after, a nasty secret is revealed about the night her boyfriend went missing. But it is only the first of many. Who amongst them knows what happened on that fateful night when they were dancing under a full moon in Cambodia?
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Director(s): Kieran Darcy-Smith
Production: Entertainment One
  10 wins & 23 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.9
Metacritic:
60
Rotten Tomatoes:
70%
R
Year:
2012
89 min
$803,093
Website
483 Views


So what about you?

Come on, be serious.

I really want to know.

Come on think about it.

You can go anywhere you want and

you can have anything your heart desires...

...but you can never leave.

You're going to have to stay there forever.

Forever?

It's fun it's like the ultimate fantasy.

I'd stay here then.

Really?

- In Sihanoukville?

- Yeah, definitely.

I mean maybe not in

Sihanoukville exactly but...

...but yeah, maybe somewhere in southeast Asia.

Sure.

Hello?

- Pretty cool.

- Yeah, it's alright.

Hello!

Have a good day.

Hello!

Oh my God, look!

Oh my God!

Alice.

Yeah

Twice.

Come Jeremy.

Have fun guys.

Wish you were here.

Mom!

Thank you.

- Hey Margie.

- Hello Dave.

Look at you come here kiss me!

Daddy I miss you.

How are ya?

Aw I missed you guys!

Give me a kiss on the cheek.

How are you?

Lots of dinosaurs came and...

Wanted more water than the big ones...

...so the big dinosaur ate the baby one up and then spat

the little one out and put his foot on the little one.

- That sounds a bit mean really the big one. Doesn't it?

- Do you know what kind of dinosaur that was?

No.

- Do you think it was a Brontosaurus?

- No.

- Was it was it...a Prenocefale?

- No!

-

Not a Prenocefale?

Do you think it was a Do-you-think-he-saw-us?

Or I tripped over and Now-my-leg-is-sore-us?

-

No - Daddy that's a bit of a silly one.

So first of all I'm pretending to chew

a chocolate bar like this.

...and then you say "what you have got there?"

What you got there?

And then I say...

...a chocolate bar.

And then you say "where did you get it?"

Where did you get?

...and then I say "donkey dropped it".

- That's a bit yucky.

- Yeah

That's a good joke, Holly.

- Who wants to hear my joke?

- Me

Yeah?

- Knock, knock!

- Who's there?

A Dinosaur Goes.

- A Dinosaur Goes who?

No a dinosaur goes ROAR!

- That's a genuinely funny one.

- I think I really scared them.

- Did you have a bit of a fright, Max?

- No.

thinking of you xx

- Are you watching this bar babe? It's nearly 9 o'clock

- Yeah, yup I'm on it!

Go on you two.

Are you awake?

Yeah

I kept thinking maybe I

should have stayed there with her.

Hmm

I think what we should do is

we should go down to the pool...

...and we'll just have a take a look around ourselves...

...and if we see that shark...

...guess what? We're gonna do our lesson on another day

Yeah

Are you gonna go and grab your goggles?

So we can go?

Good boy sweetie.

Okay, because it's irrelevant.

I'm serious.

Just leave it al...

- Everything OK?

- Yup

What time will you be back?

No news?

Uh that was...

Get your backpacks on and I'll meet you

outside OK? We'll go to the backdoor.

Don't know babe about 1:00, 1:30.

You gonna go to the workshop? Or...

Uh I've got a pile of stuff to do here today.

Alright well, good luck.

See you later.

- Have fun

- Bye. Say bye to daddy.

Bye Dad.

- See you.

- Bye.

See you mate!

I'm here. Can you...yeah...

Calm down.

Calm down.

Okay, glasses off.

Thank you.

Just...chin up.

Smile if you like.

- Hey ah... I've got a...

- Here!

Hey Jeremy you're looking good there.

What are you doing?

What are you doing?

- Eh?

- What are you do...

Turn it off...

Happy Birthday

...apple and you can be...

- A strawberry

- Yes!

Um...a little mango.

Uh the party was the night of the 17th

so we'll be hearing tonight

And...you know, everyone still

actually really positive.

Apparently 99% of these cases

the person turns up again within 2 weeks.

But where would he go?

Guys.

We just...We just don't know...about...

None of it really makes very much sense.

His...His passport is still there at the resort...

- Uh his bank account hasn't been touched...

- Max

- You know, I speak to Steph most days

- Holly!

- ...and she's coping as well...

- Come here please.

- ...Listen there are adults here trying to have a conversation

Can you please take it inside?

We are inside.

Don't be smart with me.

Come on just do as you're told.

- You said they're still looking for him, right?

- Yeah

- Was he depressed? Do you think?

- No...no no no.

Yeah the local police are and they're

doing everything they can

as far we can tell...uh...Foreign Affairs

has spoken to us a couple of times...

I know they've contacted Interpol.

Uh is everyone alright?

- Tess?

- I'm alright mate.

Sorry, we didn't want to ruin the lunch for everybody.

- No.

- We just felt we should tell you...cause you know...

- Has everyone had enough to eat?

- Yes.

Absolutely!

Goodbye!

Thanks for coming.

- Look at you you're such a shark.

You're such a cheater and I want a rematch.

You alright babe?

Are You Lost, Mister?

Dave, your phone!

Steph.

Alice?

Here we go. Here we go.

Are you ready?

- He's out.

- Doesn't matter.

I'm out!

You have nothing. He was totally bluffing you.

- I'm gonna watch you.

- I knew you were bluffing.

There's nothing...

I can't stand it here anymore.

I know look, just...have you spoken to Mum yet?

I'm coming home tomorrow.

What?

They're scaling the whole thing down anyway.

They've put me on a plane

for tomorrow night

- Who?

- The group tour.

I don't want to leave here without him.

It's gonna be alright...

...it's gonna be alright.

- Are you guys ready?

- Let's do it! Come on.

They've got no respect for women.

They treat me like I'm a criminal.

They're f***ing useless and all lazy.

...and I can guarantee you it would be such a different story

if you had money to line they're f***ing fat greasy palms.

F***.

Hasn't been anything in the papers has there?

Oh I know it's alright.

I really think we have to say

something to Foreign Affairs.

If they know that there's drugs involved

they're going to drop the whole thing.

We tell them we don't want

anyone over there to know.

Look...

...I know we talked about this but...

It's got nothing to do with drugs.

You know that?

How do you know that?

Steph?

Maybe he couldn't get rid of them all.

He ended up taking more than we thought.

I'm really tired Alice.

Don't you think?

None of us knows who he

spoke to that night.

or that week even. I mean he seemed

to be friends with just about anybody.

I really think we owe it to him now to be honest about everything.

This has just gone on way too long.

Steph?

Can I come to your place?

Oh hun...

I'm running really late for work.

Oh can you drop me off?

Please.

I don't know she didn't want to see her flat mates

Sh*t!

Anyway, look...

I really need you to pick up the kids...

I'm really going to have to make up some time here.

It's okay, babe?

Wait how long did she say she wanted to stay for?

Uh I don't know as long as she wants.

Hi, June, hello.

You go in. I'll be in in one moment.

OK.

Anyway look I would really rather

she was going to be with us if it's

going to make it any easier for her.

Uh well why couldn't she stay at your Mum's?

Uh Dave, come on. Don't be like that

she's had a really rough time over there.

Just tell me are you going to be

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Kieran Darcy-Smith

Kieran Darcy-Smith is an Australian actor, film director, and screenwriter. He is best known for starring in the films The Cave, The Square, Animal Kingdom, and The Reef. He made his feature film directing debut with 2012 film Wish You Were Here, and his second directorial project The Duel was released in June 2016. more…

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