DESERT FILM SOCIETY presents DEAREST

Based on a true story, Tian Wenjun (Bo Huang) and Lu Xiaojuan (Lei Hao) are divorced but share the raising of their three year-old son Pengpeng. Tian gets distracted at work one day, and Pengpeng runs off to play with some friends. He doesn’t make it back home. Both of his parents begin a multi-year search for him. Because of China’s one child rule, there is a thriving child-abduction industry. Tian and Lu join a missing children’s group, persistently pursue leads, and never give up hope. They are repeatedly preyed upon by conmen and even legitimate leads are suspect.