The Sound of One Hand Clapping

The Sound of One Hand Clapping
1998
★☆☆☆☆ 2.8/10
⏱️ 93 min
📅 Released
🌐 EN
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.

Crew

Director
Richard Flanagan
Writer
Richard Flanagan
Producer
Rolf de Heer, Jackie O'Sullivan, Steve Vizard

Production

Australian Film Finance Corporation, South Australian Film Corporation, Artist Services

Keywords

post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)war crimesrefugee campdespairbath tubfamily historyheirloomalienationalcoholismunwillingly pregnant