The Sound of One Hand Clapping

1998· 93 min★ 5.9· 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.

Cast: Kerry Fox, Kristof Kaczmarek, Evelyn Krape

Director: Richard Flanagan