The Sound of One Hand Clapping

A child without a past - a mother without a future - a story about love.

19981h 33mЩе немає оцінок

Drama

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.

Keywords

single father
heirloom
post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)
alcoholism
war crimes
alienation
dam
despair
refugee camp
tasmania
family history
bath tub
domestic abuse
unwillingly pregnant
broken heart
war refugees
slovenia
ghosts of the past
citizenship
archival footage
archive footage
rabbit hunting
baked beans
peaches
emptiness
loss of smell
knead

Details

Status: Released
Release date: April 22, 1998
Original language: English
Spoken languages: english, SLOVENIAN
Countries: Australia
Production: South Australian Film Corporation,Australian Film Finance Corporation,Artist Services,Australian Film Finance Corporation, South Australian Film Corporation, Artist Services
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
IMDb: tt0120837