11 Feb 2003
Distant Lights
Lichter is an episodic tale from Hans-Christian Schmid about the life on the border between Germany and Poland. The film sheds light on the everyday stories of escape and desperateness.
The Sound of One Hand Clapping
A child without a past - a mother without a future - a story about love.
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.
Top Billed Cast
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
Lorenz Smolej Camp Reader
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