The Sound of One Hand Clapping
movie

A child without a past - a mother without a future - a story about love.
Released April 22, 1998
Genres:
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.
Runtime
1h 33m
Origin Country
Australia
Original Language
English
Original Title
The Sound of One Hand Clapping
Status
Released
Production Countries
- Australia
Spoken Languages
- Slovenščina (Slovenian)
- English
Production Companies

Australian Film Finance Corporation
Australia

South Australian Film Corporation
Australia
- no logo available
Artist Services
Australia
Keywords
- post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)
- war crimes
- refugee camp
- despair
- bath tub
- family history
- heirloom
- alienation
- alcoholism
- unwillingly pregnant
- dam
- domestic abuse
- citizenship
- single father
- archive footage
- rabbit hunting
- broken heart
- tasmania
- emptiness
- ghosts of the past
- slovenia
- peaches
- war refugees
- baked beans
- loss of smell
- knead



