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Broken Sun (2008)

Broken Sun poster
Directed by
Brad Haynes
Genre
war film
Country
Australia
Runtime
1h 33m
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In 1944 Australia a World War II veteran crosses paths with an escaped Japanese prisoner of war. The encounter is set against the real life Cowra breakout.

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What happens

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. The film was the debut feature from Brad Haynes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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