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
Directed byBrad Haynes
Written byDacre Timbs
Produced byBrad Hayne
Sasha Huckstepp
StarringTaki Abe
Rudi Baker
CinematographyAnthony Jennings
Edited byHayley Lake
Music byMatteo Zingales
Release date
  • 2008 (2008)
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
BudgetA$50,000[1]
Box officeA$5,089 (Australia)[2]

Reception

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Reviewing 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

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  1. ^ Lynden Barber, "Broken Sun", Australian Screenonline. Retrieved 11 November 2012
  2. ^ "Australian Films at the Australian Box Office", Film Victoria Archived 9 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 11 November 2012
  3. ^ Richard Kuipers, Review: ‘Broken Sun’, Variety, 22 April 2008, retrieved 22 May 2014
  4. ^ 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
  5. ^ Hall, Sandra (17 November 2008). "Broken Sun (film review)". The Sydney Morning Herald (online). Retrieved 11 November 2012.
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