''Broken Angel'' ( tr, Meleğin Sırları) is a 2008 film adaptation of the novel ''Windy City'' ( tr, Ruzgarli Sehir). The film tells the real-life story of Ebru, a
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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. ''Broken Angel'' premiered in Istanbul and Izmir.
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
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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
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in the U.S. and vice versa.
Cast
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Nehir Erdoğan as Ebru
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Ajla Hodzic as Asli
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Nilüfer Açıkalın as Filiz
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Patrick Muldoon
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Early life and education
Muldoon was born in San Pedro, California, the son of Deanna, a homemaker, and William Patrick Muldoon II, a personal injury ...
as Kevin
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Devon Odessa
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as Elizabeth
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Fay Masterson
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as Mimi
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Jay Karnes
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as Michael Levy
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Clyde Kusatsu
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Life and career
Clyde Kusatsu was born in Hawaii a ...
as Dondi
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Colin Fickes
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Early life
Fickes was born and raised in Raleigh, North Carolina. He attended Broughton High School, where he was a classmate of Nic ...
as Hank
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Ayşe Nil Şamlıoğlu, ,
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Maree Cheatham
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as Mrs. Kraus
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Zachary Charles as Rusty
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Yuri Bradac as Grigori
Production
The picture was filmed in Los Angeles in 2007.
[ Talk Turkey- Broken Angel release]
References
External links
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2008 multilingual films
2008 drama films
2008 films
American multilingual films
2000s English-language films
English-language Turkish films
Films set in Turkey
Turkish multilingual films
Warner Bros. films
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