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The Water Diviner (2014)

The Water Diviner poster
Directed by
Russell Crowe
Genre
drama film
Country
Australia, Turkey, United States
Runtime
1h 51m
Rated
R
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 1,341 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

After World War I, an Australian farmer travels to Turkey to find his three missing sons. He navigates the aftermath of battle and a foreign land in his search.

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What happens

The Water Diviner is a 2014 drama film starring and directed by Russell Crowe, in his directorial debut, and written by Andrew Anastasios and Andrew Knight. The film follows an Australian farmer, Joshua Connor (Crowe), who travels to Turkey soon after World War I to find his three sons who never returned. It also stars Olga Kurylenko, Jai Courtney, Cem Yılmaz, Yılmaz Erdoğan, and Jacqueline McKenzie. The Water Diviner had its world premiere at the State Theatre in Sydney, Australia on 2 December 2014. It opened in Australian and New Zealand cinemas on Boxing Day 2014. The film had a limited release in the United States on 24 April 2015. At the 4th AACTA Awards, it won for Best Film and Erdoğan won the AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actor. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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