The Sound of One Hand Clapping

The Sound of One Hand Clapping (1998)

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

  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 1998-04-22
  • User Rating: 2.8/10 from 4 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 33min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Australian Film Finance Corporation
  • Production Country: Australia
  • Director: Richard Flanagan
star 2.8/10
From 4 Ratings

Summary

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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  • Kerry Fox

    as Sonja Buloh
  • Kristof Kaczmarek

    as Bojan Buloh
  • Evelyn Krape

    as Jenja
  • Rosie Flanagan

    as Sonja (aged 8)
  • Essie Davis

    as Jean
  • Jacek Koman

    as Picotti
  • Melita Jurišić

    as Maria
  • Sergio Tell

    as Jiri
  • Regina Gaigalas

    as Mrs Michnik
  • Peter Hay

    as Politician
  • Julie Forsyth

    as Mrs Heaney
  • Jane Borghesi

    as Maja Picotti
  • Lorenz Smolej

    as Camp Reader
Directing Richard Flanagan Director
Writing Richard Flanagan Screenplay
Writing Richard Flanagan Novel
Production Rolf de Heer Producer
Production David Lightfoot Co-Producer
Production Jackie O'Sullivan Executive Producer
Production Steve Vizard Executive Producer
Production Stephen Thomas Associate Producer
Production Andrew Knight Executive Producer
Production Deb Cox Associate Producer
Camera Martin McGrath Director of Photography
Sound Cezary Skubiszewski Music
Editing Tania Nehme Editor
Production Elly Bradbury Casting
Editing John Scott Editor
Art Bryce Perrin Production Design
Art John Wrigglesworth Art Direction
Art Lisa Thompson Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up Aphrodite Kondos Costume Designer
Costume & Make-Up Liz Goulding Makeup & Hair
Costume & Make-Up Sue Taylor Hairstylist
Costume & Make-Up Sue Taylor Makeup Artist
Production Perry Stapleton Production Manager
Sound James Currie Sound Designer
Sound James Currie Sound Recordist
Sound Michael Bakaloff Sound Recordist
Sound Craig Carter Supervising Sound Editor
Sound James Currie Supervising Sound Editor
Sound Yvonne van Gyen Sound Editor
Sound Simon Whitington Sound Editor
Crew Liz Mullinar Thanks
Crew Tom Burstall Thanks
Crew Sue Wild Thanks
Crew Christine Woodruff Thanks
Crew Judith McCann Thanks
Crew Helen Watts Thanks
Sound Tony Young Sound Editor
Camera Simon Cardwell Still Photographer
Directing Carmel Torcasio Continuity

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