The Sound of One Hand Clapping

movie

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.

Cast & crew

Essie Davis · Evelyn Krape · Jacek Koman · Kerry Fox · Kristof Kaczmarek · Melita Jurišić · Peter Hay · Regina Gaigalas · Rosie Flanagan · Sergio Tell · Richard Flanagan

Studios & networks

Artist Services · Australian Film Finance Corporation · South Australian Film Corporation