The Water Diviner is a historical fictional drama show casing theheart wrenching tale of a father Connor portrayed by Russell Crowe who after the battle of Gallipoli travels from Australia to Turkey to find his three missing sons who came up missing in action . The acting was meritorious and right a way pulls you in . Russell Crowe not just acts the character he becomes and live the character and so does Olga Kurylenko who gave allurement to their characters . I for one was a bit hesitant to watch the movie because I believed it would be another over produced, high budget teary eyed war story with Russell Crowe going into war .But this was different ,this was spectacular.
It really starts off with the beautiful Eliza Connor ( Jacqueline Mckenzie) drowning her self on their farm after years of mourning and suffering due to her sons being assumed dead as they never returned from war . She tells her husband she wants her boys back home and that she wants them buried with her .That he lost them and he needs to find them . He needs to get her boys back to her . It shows how war affects families , tears them and people a part .
After the death of his wife he goes to stay at a hotel where he meets turkish Ayshe and a magnetic and beautiful relationship starts and grows until the end of the film . The movie has mesmerising and beautifully shot scenes .The Water Diviner pulls you into the war , the quality is phenomenal and off course it has heart breaking scenes , so make sure you have a life supply of Kleenex for those touching scenes .
The Water Diviner isn’t offensive to Muslims and instead just highlights and shows Muslim practices and shows the beauty of it’s mosques, people and the surroundings . This is rarely seen in movies portraying war and Muslims .
This extra-ordinary movie was directed by Russell Crowe and I would rate it a perfect 10 and a must watch . The actors were beyond phenomenal and the story riveting and captivating .
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