The Sound of One Hand Clapping

The Sound of One Hand Clapping

3.6IMDb Score
Released:1998-04-22
Genre:Drama
Duration:93 min
Country:Australia
Director:Richard Flanagan
Actors:Kerry Fox, Kristof Kaczmarek, Evelyn Krape, Rosie Flanagan, Essie Davis
Production:Australian Film Finance Corporation, South Australian Film Corporation, Artist Services

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.

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