Broken Angel (film)
Broken Angel (Turkish: Meleğin Sırları) is an adaptation of the novel 'Windy City' (Ruzgarli Sehir),[1] the film tells the real-life story of Ebru, a Turkish girl who came to the United States in the 1980s and fell prey to the image of fame and fortune. It was directed by Aclan Bates.
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Directed by | Aclan Bates |
Produced by | Leslie Bates-Büyüktürkoğlu Kevin Totti Corchiani Unicvisions |
Written by | Leslie Bates-Büyüktürkoğlu Tulay Pirlant |
Starring | Nehir Erdoğan Nilüfer Açıkalın Patrick Muldoon Devon Odessa Fay Masterson Jay Karnes Ayşe Nil Şamlıoğlu Zachary Charles Yuri Bradac |
Music by | Kemal Günüç (Turkish version) Edwin Wendler (international version) |
Cinematography | Neil Lisk |
Edited by | Aclan Bates Radu Ion Bayard Stryker Chris Ward |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Country | United States Turkey |
Language | English Turkish |
Plot
A young Turkish girl comes to America in search of the life she saw in the movies and on TV. Broken Angel shows that life for a foreigner is not always the Hollywood life, especially when you do not speak the language. As she is slowly swallowed by the realities, only one boy, a deaf artist, can reach her and save her life.
The film also debates American-Turkish relations and the perceptive image of Turks in the U.S. and vice versa. Broken Angel premiered in Istanbul and Izmir.
Cast
- Nehir Erdoğan as Ebru
- Ajla Hodzic as Asli
- Nilüfer Açıkalın as Filiz
- Patrick Muldoon as Kevin
- Devon Odessa as Elizabeth
- Fay Masterson as Mimi
- Jay Karnes as Michael Levy
- Clyde Kusatsu as Dondi
- Colin Fickes as Hank
- Ayşe Nil Şamlıoğlu||
- Maree Cheatham as Mrs. Kraus
- Zachary Charles as Rusty
- Yuri Bradac as Grigori
Music
Kemal Günüç (Turkish version)
Edwin Wendler (international version)
Victor Kaply - Music Supervisor (international version)
References
- Broken Angel (2008) - Based on a Novel
- Hurriyet: filming of Broken Angel Archived October 2, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-02-28. Retrieved 2008-02-27.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Talk Turkey- Broken Angel release
External links
- Broken Angel at IMDb