The Water Diviner 2014
- Director: Russel Crowe
- Based on a book: no
- Cast: Russell Crowe, Olga Kurylenko, Yilmaz Erdogen, Cem Yilmaz, Dylan Jett, Ryan Corr, Jacqueline Mackenzie
- Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
- Russell Crowe – Winter’s Tale, Man of Steel, Les Misérables, Robin Hood, A Good Year, A Beautiful Mind, Proof of Life, Gladiator
- Olga Kurylenko – Oblivion, Quantum of Solace, Paris je t’aime
- Why? Russel Crowe
- Seen: 16 October 2021
Joshua Cooper (Crowe) is an Australian
farmer, a water diviner. It’s been four years since his three sons were killed
on the same day at Gallipoli. When his wife commits suicide, he takes his grief
and his divining skills to Turkey to find them.
Ten thousand ANZAC soldiers were killed
in the battle of Gallipoli, and seventy thousand Turkish soldiers. The graves
that possibly once existed have been lost or destroyed.
With quiet determination and help from hotel
manager Ayshe (Kurylenko) and Turkish officer Major Hasan (Erdogan), he starts
looking.
There are no winners in war. And often
wars don’t end. Survivors are left to find enough pieces to pick up and carry
on. On both sides.
It’s a complex, dramatic, powerful and well-made film.
4 ½ *
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