Russell Crowe's directorial debut with this poignant, somber historical drama!!!!!!!!

Rating: 7/10 (17 May 2015)

The Water Diviner (aka Last Hope) is a 2014 Australian historical fictional war drama film directed by and starring Russell Crowe in his directorial debut. The film co-stars Olga Kurylenko, Jai Courtney, Cem Yılmaz, Yılmaz Erdoğan and Jacqueline McKenzie.
The film opens in 1919, just after World War I has ended. Joshua Connor (Russell Crowe), an Australian farmer and water diviner, has located ground water on his land and is digging a well. Joshua's three sons Arthur, Edward (James Fraser), and Henry (Ben O'Toole) served with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) at the Battle of Gallipoli four years previously and are presumed dead. Joshua's wife, Eliza (Jacqueline McKenzie), unable to cope with her grief, commits suicide. Joshua resolves to bring his sons' bodies home and bury them with their mother.