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The Sound of One Hand Clapping (1998)

1h 33m · 22 Apr 1998

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

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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.

Movie ID39429
GenreDrama
DirectorRichard Flanagan
Main castKerry Fox, Kristof Kaczmarek, Evelyn Krape, Rosie Flanagan, Essie Davis, Jacek Koman, Melita Jurišić, Sergio Tell
Release date22 April 1998
Release year1998
LanguageSlovenian
Duration93 min (1h 33m)
Rating3.6 / 10 (TMDB)
Production houseAustralian Film Finance Corporation

Director: Richard Flanagan
Writers: Richard Flanagan

Top cast

Kerry FoxSonja Buloh Kristof KaczmarekBojan Buloh Evelyn KrapeJenja
Rosie FlanaganSonja (aged 8)
Essie DavisJean Jacek KomanPicotti Melita JurišićMaria
Sergio TellJiri
Regina GaigalasMrs Michnik
Peter HayPolitician
Julie ForsythMrs Heaney
Jane BorghesiMaja Picotti
Lorenz SmolejCamp Reader

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