The Sound of One Hand Clapping

Apr 22, 1998

1h 33m

★ 2.8

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Australian Film Finance Corporation

South Australian Film Corporation

Artist Services

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Cast

Sonja Buloh

Kerry Fox

Bojan Buloh

Kristof Kaczmarek

Jenja

Evelyn Krape

Sonja (aged 8)

Rosie Flanagan

Jean

Essie Davis

Picotti

Jacek Koman

Maria

Melita Jurišić

Jiri

Sergio Tell

Mrs Michnik

Regina Gaigalas

Politician

Peter Hay

Mrs Heaney

Julie Forsyth

Maja Picotti

Jane Borghesi

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