The Sound of One Hand Clapping

1h 33min

Drama

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.

Production Companies

Australian Film Finance Corporation

South Australian Film Corporation

Artist Services

Cast

Kerry Fox

Kerry Fox

Sonja Buloh
Rosie Flanagan

Rosie Flanagan

Sonja (aged 8)
Regina Gaigalas

Regina Gaigalas

Mrs Michnik
Peter Hay

Peter Hay

Politician
Julie Forsyth

Julie Forsyth

Mrs Heaney
Jane Borghesi

Jane Borghesi

Maja Picotti
Lorenz Smolej

Lorenz Smolej

Camp Reader

Release date

22nd Apr 1998

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English, Slovenščina