The Sound of One Hand Clapping 1998

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

2.8 / 10   4 vote(s)
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.

Release Date 1998-04-22
Runtime 1h 33m
Directors Richard Flanagan, Martin McGrath
Producers Rolf de Heer, David Lightfoot, Jackie O'Sullivan, Steve Vizard, Stephen Thomas, Andrew Knight, Deb Cox
Writers Richard Flanagan, Richard Flanagan