Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6/10
5 audience votes
Key crew
- Richard FlanaganDirector
- Richard FlanaganScreenplay
Cast
- 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
- Julie ForsythMrs Heaney
- Jane BorghesiMaja Picotti
Themes
post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)war crimesrefugee campdespairbath tubfamily historyheirloomalienationalcoholismunwillingly pregnantdamdomestic abuse