The Sound of One Hand Clapping (1998)

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.

Release Date : Apr 22, 1998

Runtime : 1h 33m

Genre : Drama  

Companies : Australian Film Finance Corporation, South Australian Film Corporation, Artist Services

Countries : Australia

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