The Sound of One Hand Clapping poster

The Sound of One Hand Clapping

1998 • 1h33m Drama

Rating

2.8/10

Popularity

1

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.

Details

Director

Richard Flanagan

Screenplay

Richard Flanagan

Cast

Kerry Fox

Kristof Kaczmarek

Evelyn Krape

Release date

4/22/1998

Status

Released

Origin country

AU

US

Vote count

4