Released:
1998-04-22

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.

Director:
Richard Flanagan

Runtime:
1h 33min

Genre:
Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Kerry Fox
  as
  Sonja Buloh
• 
  Kristof Kaczmarek
  as
  Bojan Buloh
• 
  Evelyn Krape
  as
  Jenja
• 
  Rosie Flanagan
  as
  Sonja (aged 8)
• 
  Essie Davis
  as
  Jean