The Sound of One Hand Clapping

04/22/1998

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1hr 33min

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Drama

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

STORY

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 & CREW

    Cast

  • Kerry Fox
  • Kristof Kaczmarek
  • Evelyn Krape
  • Rosie Flanagan
  • Essie Davis

    Directors

  • Carmel Torcasio
  • Rolf de Heer

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Australian Film Finance Corporation
  • South Australian Film Corporation
  • Artist Services

    Production Countries

  • Australia

LANGUAGES

  • English
  • Slovenian