The Sound of One Hand Clapping

Drama

The Sound of One Hand Clapping

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

User Score4 votes

28%2.8/10

Release1998→

Runtime1H 33M

LanguageSlovenian

StatusReleased

Synopsis

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.

Principal Cast8

Kerry Fox

Sonja Buloh

Kristof Kaczmarek

Bojan Buloh

Evelyn Krape

Jenja

Rosie Flanagan

Sonja (aged 8)

Essie Davis

Jean

Jacek Koman

Picotti

Melita Jurišić

Maria

Sergio Tell

Jiri

Full Cast & Crew (52)

Media2

Posters

Director

Richard Flanagan

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Keywords

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