The Water Diviner – 7PM

The Water Diviner

Screening:
September 3, 2015 – 7pm
Location: Uptown Theatre, 55 Dunlop Street West, Barrie
Directed by: Russell Crowe
Cast: Russell Crowe, Olga Kurylenko, Yilmaz Erdogan, Cem Yilmaz, Jai Courtney and Ryan Corr
Drama, 14A for war violence including some disturbing images, 111 minutes
(Australia/USA/Turkey)

“It’s an old-fashioned movie in the best sense, beautifully photographed by Andrew Lesnie” – Jim Lane – Sacramento News & Review

Russell Crowe’s directorial debut, “The Water Diviner,” is an epic and inspiring tale of one man’s life-changing journey of discovery. Crowe plays Australian farmer Joshua Connor, who, in 1919, goes in search of his three missing sons, last known to have fought against the Turks in the bloody Battle of Gallipoli. Arriving in Istanbul, he is thrust into a vastly different world, where he encounters others who suffered their own losses in the conflict: Ayshe (Olga Kurylenko), a strikingly beautiful but guarded hotelier raising a child alone; her young, spirited son, Orhan (Dylan Georgiades), who finds a friend in Connor; and Major Hasan (Yilmaz Erdoğan), a Turkish officer who fought against Connor’s boys and may be this father’s only hope. With seemingly insurmountable obstacles in his path, Connor must travel across the battle-scarred Turkish landscape to find the truth… and his own peace.