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Broken Sun

2008 Australian film

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]

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Reception

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

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


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