The Sound of One Hand Clapping
- Released on
- Runtime
- 93 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Kerry Fox
- Kristof Kaczmarek
- Evelyn Krape
- Rosie Flanagan
- Essie Davis
- Jacek Koman
- Melita Jurišić
- Sergio Tell
- Regina Gaigalas
- Peter Hay
- Julie Forsyth
- Jane Borghesi
- Lorenz Smolej
Director
- Richard Flanagan
Producers
- Rolf de Heer
Screenwriter
- Richard Flanagan