The Water Diviner

The Water Diviner
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Russell Crowe
Produced by	Troy Lum Andrew Mason Keith Rodger
Written by	Andrew Anastasios Andrew Knight
Starring	Russell Crowe Olga Kurylenko Yılmaz Erdoğan Cem Yılmaz Jai Courtney Ryan Corr James Fraser Ben O'Toole Isabel Lucas
Music by	David Hirschfelder
Cinematography	Andrew Lesnie
Edited by	Matt Villa
Production company	RatPac Entertainment Seven Network Australia Hopscotch Features Fear of God Films
Distributed by	Entertainment One (AU/UK) Universal Pictures (AU) Warner Bros. Pictures (US) Mister Smith Entertainment (International)
Release date	26 December 2014 (2014-12-26) (Australia) 24 April 2015 (2015-04-24) (United States)
Running time	111 minutes
Country	Australia United States
Language	English Turkish
Budget	$22.5 million
Box office	$30.8 million

The Water Diviner is a 2014 American-Australian historical fictional war drama film directed by and starring Russell Crowe in his directorial debut. The screenplay was written by Andrew Anastasios and Andrew Knight. The film is loosely based on the book of the same name, written by Andrew Anastasios and Dr Meaghan Wilson-Anastasios.

The film co-stars Olga Kurylenko, Jai Courtney, Cem Yılmaz, Yılmaz Erdoğan, and Jacqueline McKenzie. The Water Diviner had its world premiere at the State Theatre in Sydney, Australia on 2 December 2014. It opened in Australian and New Zealand cinemas on 26 December 2014. The film had a limited release in the United States on 24 April 2015.

The film begins in 1919, just after World War I has ended, and centres around Joshua Connor (Russell Crowe), an Australian farmer and water diviner. His three sons Arthur (Ryan Corr), Edward (James Fraser), and Henry (Ben O'Toole) 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 commits suicide out of grief, Joshua resolves to bring his sons' bodies home and bury them with their mother.