Broken Sun is a 2008 Australian film set in 1944 about a World War II veteran who meets an escaped Japanese POW. The story is partly based on the Cowra breakout of 1944.[3] The film was the debut feature from Brad Haynes.[4]
Broken Sun | |
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Directed by | Brad Haynes |
Written by | Dacre Timbs |
Produced by | Brad Hayne Sasha Huckstepp |
Starring | Taki Abe Rudi Baker |
Cinematography | Anthony Jennings |
Edited by | Hayley Lake |
Music by | Matteo Zingales |
Release date |
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Country | Australia |
Language | English |
Budget | A$50,000[1] |
Box office | A$5,089 (Australia)[2] |
Reception
editReviewing the film for The Sydney Morning Herald, critic Sandra Hall, while admiring the efforts of first-time director Brad Haynes, concluded that it "suffers at times under the weight of its anti-war theme".[5]
References
edit- ^ Lynden Barber, "Broken Sun", Australian Screenonline. Retrieved 11 November 2012
- ^ "Australian Films at the Australian Box Office", Film Victoria Archived 9 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 11 November 2012
- ^ Richard Kuipers, Review: ‘Broken Sun’, Variety, 22 April 2008, retrieved 22 May 2014
- ^ Luke Buckmaster, "Q & A with Broken Sun writer/director Brad Haynes", Infilm, 25 April 2008 Archived 19 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 11 November 2012
- ^ Hall, Sandra (17 November 2008). "Broken Sun (film review)". The Sydney Morning Herald (online). Retrieved 11 November 2012.
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