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The Sound of One Hand Clapping (1998)
Directed by Richard Flanagan
“A child without a past - a mother without a future - a story about love.”
Drama · 1h 33m
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
Essie Davis
Jacek Koman
Melita Jurišić
Crew
- Director
- Richard Flanagan
- Screenplay
- Richard Flanagan
- Novel
- Richard Flanagan
- Director of Photography
- Martin McGrath
- Editor
- John Scott, Tania Nehme
- Producer
- Rolf de Heer
Details
- Release date
- 1998-04-22
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- Slovenian, English
- Countries
- Australia
- Production
- Australian Film Finance Corporation, South Australian Film Corporation, Artist Services