The Sound of One Hand Clapping
5.9
“A child without a past - a mother without a future - a story about love.”
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.
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Cast
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Kerry Fox
Sonja Buloh
Known for
Shallow Grave
The Bastard Son & the Devil Himself
Kristof Kaczmarek
Bojan Buloh
Known for
Police Story 4: First Strike
The Clearing
Richard Flanagan
Deb Cox
Martin McGrath
Evelyn Krape
Jenja
Known for
Babe
Rolf de Heer
Aphrodite Kondos
Rosie Flanagan
Sonja (aged 8)
John Scott
Andrew Knight
Also in
William Kelly's War
Essie Davis
Jean
Known for
The Babadook
Alien: Earth
Richard Flanagan Director · Martin McGrath Cinematographer John Scott Editor
Worldwide gross $515K · United States release January 1, 1998 · Produced in Australia
Box office
Worldwide gross
$514,678
Production
Australian Film Finance Corporation
Production
South Australian Film Corporation
Production
Artist Services
Production
Australia
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Slovenian
Release dates
Belgium · January 1, 1998
Flanders International Film Festival
United States · January 1, 1998
Hawaii Film Festival
Australia · April 22, 1998
Theatrical
Germany
February 20, 1998 · Berlin International Film Festival
Ireland
January 1, 1998 · Cork International Film Festival
Italy
January 1, 1999 · Tiberina Australian Film Event
Slovenia
January 1, 1998 · Ljubljana International Film Festival
Sweden
January 1, 1998 · Stockholm International Film Festival
Taiwan
January 1, 1998 · Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival
Türkiye
January 1, 1998 · Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival
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