The Water Diviner

2014
R
1h 51m

IMDb RATING

7.0/10

79K

YOUR RATING

Russell Crowe in The Water Diviner (2014)

After the Battle of Gallipoli, in 1919, an Australian farmer, Connor (Russell Crowe), travels to Turkey to find his 3 missing sons. While staying at a hotel in Istanbul, he meets Ayshe (Olga Kurylenko), the hotel manager. And tries to find a way to Gallipoli.

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An Australian man travels to Turkey after the Battle of Gallipoli to try to locate his three missing sons.An Australian man travels to Turkey after the Battle of Gallipoli to try to locate his three missing sons.An Australian man travels to Turkey after the Battle of Gallipoli to try to locate his three missing sons.

Director
- Russell Crowe
Writers
- Andrew Knight
- Andrew Anastasios
Stars

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IMDb RATING

7.0/10

79K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Russell Crowe
Writers
- Andrew Knight
- Andrew Anastasios
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 14 wins & 15 nominations total

Trivia
The horse that Russell Crowe rides in the scenes shot in Australia is actually his own horse Honey.

Goofs
The Turks storm the (empty) ANZAC trenches on the 20th December 1915. The movie portrays this as a sunny day with hot weather. In reality snow and frost appeared as far back as November with as many as 16,000 cases of frostbite and exposure reported for November alone.

Quotes
Lt-Col Cyril Hughes: Yeah, We both know it, but why change everything for one father who can't stay put?
Major Hasan: Because he is the only father who came looking.

Crazy credits
The final credit is a congratulatory well done to the South Sydney Rabbitohs Rugby League Football Club winning the NRL Premiership in 2014. Russell Crowe supports, and owns 37.5% of the South Sydney Rabbitohs, which is most likely the reason why the credit was included.

Connections
Featured in The Making of 'The Water Diviner' (2015)

Soundtracks
I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles
Performed by Olga Kurylenko, Piano
Arranged by Richard Tognetti and Joseph Nizeti
Written by James Brockman, James Kendis, Nat Vincent (as Nathaniel Vincent) & John W. Kellette (as John Kellette)
Publishers: (c) 1919 Remick Music Corporation, Licensed by EMI Publishing Australia Pty Ltd / Redwood Music Ltd, Licensed courtesy of J. Albert & Son Pty Ltd

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Featured review

9/10

The best movie we've seen this year

The preview did not hint at the complex and gripping tale in store for us, beyond that of a father seeking his sons' fate on the battlefields of Gallipoli. Crowe clearly sought to make a powerful statement about war (my wife was moved to tears during the battlefield scenes) but did not overdo it at the expense of an engaging plot. We left the cinema with a new insight to the Gallipoli story, that being the cost to the Turkish people.

Crowe was very convincing in his role of the grieving, relentless father. Fantastic support role by Yilmaz Ergodan and, although brief, Ryan Corr was very moving.

Don't wait for this to come to DVD, it is best appreciated on the big screen.