The Sound of One Hand Clapping
“A child without a past - a mother without a future - a story about love.”
1998•1h 33m•3.6•Released
Drama
Tasmania, 1954: Slovenian migrant Melita abandons her husband and young daughter, Sonja. Sonja's distraught father perseveres with his new life in a new country, but he is soon crushed into an alcoholic despair, and Sonja herself abandons him at the earliest opportunity. Now, nearly 20 years later, a single and pregnant Sonja returns to Tasmania's highlands and to her father in an attempt to put the pieces of her life back together.
Director
Richard Flanagan
Writer
Richard Flanagan
Languages
Slovenian, English
Studio
Australian Film Finance Corporation
Cast
Kerry Fox
Sonja Buloh
Kristof Kaczmarek
Bojan Buloh
Evelyn Krape
Jenja
Rosie Flanagan
Sonja (aged 8)
Essie Davis
Jean
Jacek Koman
Picotti
Melita Jurišić
Maria
Sergio Tell
Jiri
Regina Gaigalas
Mrs Michnik
Peter Hay
Politician
Julie Forsyth
Mrs Heaney
Jane Borghesi
Maja Picotti
Lorenz Smolej
Camp Reader
Production
Company
Australian Film Finance Corporation
Company
South Australian Film Corporation
Company
Artist Services
Producer
Rolf de Heer
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