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The Water Diviner is a 2014 English-language drama film directed by Russell Crowe, who also stars alongside Jacqueline McKenzie, Jai Courtney, and Olga Kurylenko. Andrew Knight wrote the screenplay, with Andrew Lesnie serving as director of photography and David Hirschfelder composing the score. Produced by Fear of God Films and Hopscotch Features, the movie was filmed in Australia and Turkey, with narrative settings in both countries.
The film has a runtime of 112 minutes and carries an R rating. Its tagline is "To honour a promise. To find his sons. To make his peace." Keywords associated with the work include Australia, based on true story, post World War I, farmer, and missing in action. It was released on video on demand and had theatrical releases in 2014 and 2015.
Critical reception included a 62% review score, a 6.1/10 rating, and a 50/100 score. It holds a 7.0 IMDb rating from 80,121 votes and a 63% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The film received 14 wins and 15 nominations total, including AACTA Awards for Best Film and Best Actor in a Supporting Role. It was also nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role.
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6.8In 1919, Australian farmer Joshua Connor travels to Turkey to discover the fate of his three sons, reported missing in action. Holding on to hope, Joshua must travel across the war-torn landscape to find the truth and his own peace.
Cast
- Russell Crowe as Joshua Connor
- Olga Kurylenko as Ayshe
- Yılmaz Erdoğan as Major Hasan
- Cem Yılmaz as Sgt. Jemal
- Jai Courtney as Lt. Colonel Hughes
- Ryan Corr as Arthur "Art" Connor
Themes
- australia
- based on true story
- post world war i
- farmer
- missing in action
- missing son
- gallipoli campaign
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Ratings
IMDb
7/10
80,121 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
63%
Metacritic
50/100
- Year
- 2014
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Genres
- Drama, History, War
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 14 wins & 15 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Turkey
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Russell Crowe
- Screenwriter
- Andrew Knight
- Composer
- David Hirschfelder
- Cinematographer
- Andrew Lesnie
- Narrative location
- Australia
- Filming location
- Turkey
- Duration
- 111
- FilmAffinity ID
- 336653
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 2015-07-30
- title
- The Water Diviner
- review score
- 50/100
- Commons category
- The Water Diviner
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