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.
Production
Australian Film Finance Corporation · South Australian Film Corporation · Artist Services
Cast & Characters
Kerry Fox
Sonja Buloh
Kristof Kaczmarek
Bojan Buloh
Evelyn Krape
Jenja
Rosie Flanagan
Sonja (aged 8)
Essie Davis
Jean
Jacek Koman
Picotti
Melita Jurišić
Maria
Sergio Tell
Jiri
Regina Gaigalas
Mrs Michnik
Peter Hay
Politician
Julie Forsyth
Mrs Heaney
Jane Borghesi
Maja Picotti
Directors & Crew
Richard Flanagan
Director
Richard Flanagan
Screenplay
Rolf de Heer
Producer
