The Water Diviner
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.
Plot
The film begins in 1919, just after World War I has ended, and centers around Joshua Connor, an Australian farmer and water diviner. His three sons Arthur, Edward, and Henry served with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) during the military campaign in Gallipoli four years previously and are presumed dead. After his wife Eliza dies by suicide out of grief, Joshua resolves to bring his sons' bodies home and bury them with their mother.