The Sound of One Hand Clapping (1998)

04/22/1998 (AU) • 1h 33m

Drama

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


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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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