The Sound of One Hand Clapping

The Sound of One Hand Clapping

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

1998 · 93 min · ★ 3.6 · 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.

Directed by Richard Flanagan · Written by Richard Flanagan

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