The Sound of One Hand Clapping
A child without a past - a mother without a future - a story about love.
1998 | 93m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Richard Flanagan |
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| Writer: | Richard Flanagan |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Apr 22, 1998 |
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| Director: | Richard Flanagan |
| Writer: | Richard Flanagan |
| Genres: | Drama |
| Keywords | post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), refugee camp, war crimes, despair, bath tub, family history, alienation, alcoholism, unwillingly pregnant, dam, domestic abuse, citizenship, heirloom, single father, archive footage, rabbit hunting, broken heart, tasmania, emptiness, ghosts of the past, slovenia, peaches, war refugees, baked beans, loss of smell, knead |
| Production Companies | Australian Film Finance Corporation, South Australian Film Corporation, Artist Services |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 30, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Kerry Fox | Sonja Buloh |
| Kristof Kaczmarek | Bojan Buloh |
| Evelyn Krape | Jenja |
| Rosie Flanagan | Sonja (aged 8) |
| Essie Davis | Jean |
| Jacek Koman | Picotti |
| Melita Jurišić | Maria |
| Sergio Tell | Jiri |
| Regina Gaigalas | Mrs Michnik |
| Peter Hay | Politician |
| Julie Forsyth | Mrs Heaney |
| Jane Borghesi | Maja Picotti |
| Lorenz Smolej | Camp Reader |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Liz Mullinar | Thanks |
| Richard Flanagan | Director, Screenplay, Novel |
| Martin McGrath | Director of Photography |
| Cezary Skubiszewski | Music |
| Tania Nehme | Editor |
| Elly Bradbury | Casting |
| John Scott | Editor |
| Bryce Perrin | Production Design |
| John Wrigglesworth | Art Direction |
| Lisa Thompson | Set Decoration |
| Aphrodite Kondos | Costume Designer |
| Liz Goulding | Makeup & Hair |
| Sue Taylor | Hairstylist, Makeup Artist |
| Perry Stapleton | Production Manager |
| James Currie | Sound Recordist, Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor |
| Michael Bakaloff | Sound Recordist |
| Craig Carter | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Yvonne van Gyen | Sound Editor |
| Simon Whitington | Sound Editor |
| Tom Burstall | Thanks |
| Sue Wild | Thanks |
| Christine Woodruff | Thanks |
| Judith McCann | Thanks |
| Helen Watts | Thanks |
| Tony Young | Sound Editor |
| Simon Cardwell | Still Photographer |
| Carmel Torcasio | Continuity |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Rolf de Heer | Producer |
| David Lightfoot | Co-Producer |
| Jackie O'Sullivan | Executive Producer |
| Steve Vizard | Executive Producer |
| Stephen Thomas | Associate Producer |
| Andrew Knight | Executive Producer |
| Deb Cox | Associate Producer |
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