In 1944, JACK a WW1 veteran encounters MASARU an escaped Japanese POW on his farm in rural Australia. BROKEN SUN is about the legacy of war through the eyes of these ordinary men who survive it. For Masaru the film ends in ineffable tragedy, and for Jack, life is once again completely altered.
The story is about Iris' rise to the apex of a love/power triangle that includes her roguish English lover, McHeath and Art, an earnest young boxer. Within the flawed moral landscape, each character struggles to establish their sovereignty.