The Film Pie
January 2007
THE CATERPILLAR WISH
by Matthew Toomey

 

17-year-old Emily Woodbridge (Thaine) lives with her mother, Susan (Porter), in a small township outside of Adelaide.  For years, Emily has been quietly obsessed with finding her father. The story from her mother is that her dad was a stranger who once came through town. By the time she was pregnant, the man had long gone and so there was no way of getting letting him know.

Emily is a budding photographer and during her spare time, is somewhat of a voyeur. She innocently hides at service stations and restaurants and takes photographs of male tourists. The photos are kept in a scrapbook under the distorted illusion that perhaps one of the photos is that of her father.

 

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