The Sound of One Hand Clapping
Seen it?1998 | 93 min | Drama
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Aimed squarely at fans of close encounters and fans of a good haunting. The aliens are the hook, but the human reactions are the story. The scares come from the creaks and shadows as much as the jumps.
- The mood
- Harrowing.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 33 min.
- What might put you off
- Not the one if you want explosions or easy laughs.
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.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsWeak
0 wins and 1 nomination from smaller awards and festivals
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$515K worldwide; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 4K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Richard Flanagan
- Kerry FoxSonja Buloh
- Kristof KaczmarekBojan Buloh
- Evelyn KrapeJenja
- Rosie FlanaganSonja (aged 8)
- Essie DavisJean
- Jacek KomanPicotti
- Melita JurišićMaria
- Sergio TellJiri
- Regina GaigalasMrs Michnik
- Peter HayPolitician