The Sound of One Hand Clapping (1998)
04/22/1998 (AU) • 1h 33m
A child without a past - a mother without a future - a story about love.
Overview
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.
Top Billed Cast
Sonja Buloh
Bojan Buloh
Jenja
Sonja (aged 8)
Jean
Picotti
Maria
Jiri
Mrs Michnik
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
-
Revenue
-
Keywords
post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)
war crimes
refugee camp
despair
bath tub
family history
heirloom
alienation
alcoholism
unwillingly pregnant
dam
domestic abuse
citizenship
single father
archive footage
rabbit hunting
broken heart
tasmania
emptiness
ghosts of the past
slovenia
peaches
war refugees
baked beans
loss of smell
knead
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