This film follows the lives of Syrian Christians who have escaped the oppressive skies of their homeland and have taken refuge in a Syriac Orthodox Monastery in Lebanon. Unable to work or find education for their children, they find themselves stuck in an in-between existence, waiting for visas to the West. Centered around the Eastern Orthodox celebrations of Easter, The Wait gives an insight into their spiritual as well as physical longing. English and Arabic language with English subtitles.