Broken Angel (film)

Broken Angel
	Teaser poster
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.
Release date	March 14, 2008;
Country	United States; Turkey
Language	English; Turkish

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.

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

Production

The picture was filmed in Los Angeles in the summer of 2007.[2][3]

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 on IMDb

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[1] Broken Angel (2008) - Based on a Novel

[2] Hurriyet: filming of Broken Angel Archived October 2, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

[3] "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