The Sound of One Hand Clapping

The Sound of One Hand Clapping

1998
1h 33m
2.8

2.8/10

4 votes • View on IMDb
Drama

"A child without a past - a mother without a future - a story about love."

Overview

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.

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Production Information

Production Companies
Australian Film Finance Corporation South Australian Film Corporation Artist Services
Production Countries
Australia
Spoken Languages
Slovenian English

Keywords

post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) war crimes refugee camp despair bath tub family history heirloom alienation alcoholism unwillingly pregnant dam domestic abuse citizenship single father archive footage rabbit hunting broken heart tasmania emptiness ghosts of the past slovenia peaches war refugees baked beans loss of smell knead

Quick Facts

Release Date April 22, 1998
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0120837

Cast

Kerry Fox
Kerry Fox

Sonja Buloh

Kristof Kaczmarek
Kristof Kaczmarek

Bojan Buloh

Evelyn Krape
Evelyn Krape

Jenja

Rosie Flanagan
Rosie Flanagan

Sonja (aged 8)

Essie Davis
Essie Davis

Jean

Jacek Koman
Jacek Koman

Picotti

Melita Jurišić
Melita Jurišić

Maria

Sergio Tell
Sergio Tell

Jiri

Regina Gaigalas
Regina Gaigalas

Mrs Michnik

Peter Hay
Peter Hay

Politician

Julie Forsyth
Julie Forsyth

Mrs Heaney

Jane Borghesi
Jane Borghesi

Maja Picotti

Key Crew

Richard Flanagan
Director
Andrew Knight
Executive Producer
Rolf de Heer
Producer
Jackie O'Sullivan
Executive Producer
Steve Vizard
Executive Producer
Richard Flanagan
Screenplay