The Water Diviner
The Water Diviner is a 2014 Australian historical fictional war drama film directed by and starring Russell Crowe in his directorial debut. The screenplay was written by Andrew Anastasios and Andrew Knight. The film is loosely based on the book of the same name, written by Andrew Anastasios and Dr Meaghan WilsonAnastasios.
The film begins in 1919, just after World War I has ended, and centers around Joshua Connor Russell Crowe, an Australian farmer and water diviner. His three sons Arthur Ryan Corr, Edward James Fraser, and Henry Ben OToole served with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps ANZAC at the Battle of Gallipoli four years previously and are presumed dead. After his wife Eliza commits suicide out of grief, Joshua resolves to bring his sons bodies home and bury them with their mother.Joshua travels to Turkey and stays in a hotel in Istanbul run by warwidowed Ayshe Olga Kurylenko, but is unable to travel to Gallipoli by road. Learning the purpose of his journey, Ayshe tells him to bribe a local fisherman to travel to Gallipoli by boat. When he arrives, Joshua learns that ANZACs are engaged in a mass burial detail and all civilians are banned. Major Hasan Ylmaz Erdoan, a Turkish officer assisting the ANZACs, persuades the ANZAC captain LtCol Cyril Hughes Jai Courtney to prioritize helping Joshua with his search. Joshua sees in his dreams that Arthur survives the battle. Hasan recognizes Joshuas surname and tells him that Arthur may have been taken prisoner. ........
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