The Sound of One Hand Clapping (1998)
1h 33m
Running Time
April 22, 1998Release Date
The Sound of One Hand Clapping (1998)
1h 33m
Running Time
April 22, 1998Release Date
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Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.

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

Simon Cardwell
Still Photographer

Carmel Torcasio
Continuity

Richard Flanagan
Director / Screenplay / Novel

Cezary Skubiszewski
Music

Elly Bradbury
Casting

Jackie O'Sullivan
Executive Producer

Aphrodite Kondos
Costume Designer

Steve Vizard
Executive Producer

Liz Goulding
Makeup & Hair

Martin McGrath
Director of Photography

Stephen Thomas
Associate Producer

John Scott
Editor

David Lightfoot
Co-Producer

Perry Stapleton
Production Manager

Andrew Knight
Executive Producer

Rolf de Heer
Producer

Tania Nehme
Editor

Bryce Perrin
Production Design

John Wrigglesworth
Art Direction

Lisa Thompson
Set Decoration

Sue Taylor
Makeup Artist / Hairstylist

Deb Cox
Associate Producer

James Currie
Sound Designer / Supervising Sound Editor / Sound Recordist

Liz Mullinar
Thanks

Tom Burstall
Thanks

Judith McCann
Thanks

Christine Woodruff
Thanks

Helen Watts
Thanks

Sue Wild
Thanks

Michael Bakaloff
Sound Recordist

Yvonne van Gyen
Sound Editor

Craig Carter
Supervising Sound Editor

Simon Whitington
Sound Editor

Tony Young
Sound Editor
Details.
This Movie Is About.
post traumatic stress disorder
refugee camp
war crimes
despair
bath tub
family history
alienation
alcoholism
unwillingly pregnant
dam
domestic abuse
citizenship
heirloom
single father
archival footage
rabbit hunting
broken heart
tasmania
emptiness
ghosts of the past
slovenia
peaches
war refugee
baked beans
loss of smell
knead
Wiki.
The Sound of One Hand Clapping is a 1998 Australian drama film directed by Richard Flanagan, based on the 1997 novel of the same name. It was entered into the 48th Berlin International Film Festival. The film was shot in Hobart, Tasmania.
At the ARIA Music Awards of 1998 the soundtrack was nominated for Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album.
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