The Sound of One Hand Clapping

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.

Director: Richard Flanagan

Cast

Kerry Fox

Sonja Buloh

Kristof Kaczmarek

Bojan Buloh

Evelyn Krape

Jenja

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Rosie Flanagan

Sonja (aged 8)

Essie Davis

Jean

Jacek Koman

Picotti

Melita Jurišić

Maria

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Sergio Tell

Jiri

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Regina Gaigalas

Mrs Michnik

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Peter Hay

Politician