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* ShellShockedVeteran: [[spoiler: Arthur. After being wounded in battle, he was forced to watch one of his brothers die before lying in the mud for hours listening to his other brother cry out in pain as he slowly bled to death, forcing him to eventually put him out of his misery. By the time Joshua finds him, he's suffering from so much guilt over failing to protect his brothers that he initially refuses to leave Turkey because he feels he doesn't deserve to go home.]]
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* JobTitleJobTitle: The film follows an Australian Water Diviner, and is therefore titled as such.
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** Earlier in the film, the priest at the local church argues that if he had any reason to believe that [[spoiler: Lizzie drowned herself,]] he would not be able to perform the funeral. Joshua therefore insists it was an accident.
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* DespairEventHorizon: Lizzie Connor has long since passed this after losing all three of her sons to war, pretending like they're still alive and blaming her husband for losing them. [[spoiler: She eventually commits suicide out of grief.]]
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* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Lizzie Connor, having passed the DespairEventHorizon after losing all of her sons.sons, drowns herself in a pond outside. As suicide is condemned by the church, Joshua is forced to pass her death off as a tragic accident in order for her to receive a proper burial.]]
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* DrivenToSuicide: Lizzie Connor, having passed the DespairEventHorizon after losing all of her sons. As suicide is condemned by the church, Joshua insists is forced to pass her death was actually off as a tragic accident in order for her to receive a proper burial.
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* {{Determinator}}: Connor is not leaving Turkey without his sons.
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* {{Determinator}}: Connor is not leaving Turkey without his sons.sons' bodies. [[spoiler: Later, he refuses to give up searching until he's found his sole surviving son Arthur.]]
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Crowe stars as Joshua Connor, an Australian water diviner who travels to Turkey four three years after [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarOne the battle of Gallipoli]] to retrieve the bodies of his three sons who died there. Meeting with resistance from both the remaining ANZAC forces and the Turks, Connor finds himself learning more about the cost of the battle to all parties, and experiencing life in Turkey.
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Crowe stars as Joshua Connor, an Australian water diviner who travels to Turkey three four years after [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarOne the battle of Gallipoli]] to retrieve the bodies of his three sons who died there. Meeting with resistance from both the remaining ANZAC forces and the Turks, Connor finds himself learning more about the cost of the battle to all parties, and experiencing life in Turkey.
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Crowe stars as Joshua Connor, an Australian water diviner who travels to Turkey three years after [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarOne the battle of Gallipoli]] to retrieve the bodies of his three sons who died there. Meeting with resistance from both the remaining ANZAC forces and the Turks, Connor finds himself learning more about the cost of the battle to all parties, and experiencing life in Turkey.
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* NotSoDifferent: Lt. Colonel Hughes mentions he was a civil engineer and Major Hasan says he was an architect.
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* BadassBystander: Joshua is a farmer, not a soldier, but by the end of the film, he's managed to drive off Ayshe's abusive brother-in-law Omer and his friends, defend Major Hasan from ambushing Greek soldiers, [[spoiler:and get his surviving son Arthur out of Anatolia alive.]]
* BeardOfEvil: The Greek commander outside Anatolia has a massive beard.
* BeardOfEvil: The Greek commander outside Anatolia has a massive beard.
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* DirtyCoward: Omer, Ayshe's brother-in-law, insults his dead brother for going to war and getting himself killed, but he is nowhere near as brave as his brother was. After being flipped over a table by an enraged Joshua, who caught him abusing Ayshe and trying to force her to marry him, he confronts Joshua after he leaves the hotel and has a bunch of friends beat him up with sticks. And even then, Joshua overpowers them and holds his own well, right up to the point that Sergeant Jemal shows up.
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* KangaroosRepresentAustralia: DiscussedTrope. When Major Hasan presents Joshua as his POW to the Greek commander right before he's escorted off the train to be shot, the Greek commander speaks to Joshua in Greek. The first word to come from his mouth is "Australian?", followed by "Kangaroo?"
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* NeverBringAKnifeToAGunfight: Subverted. The Greek commander attacks the gun-wielding Turkish soldiers with a cavalry sword. He gets injured when Joshua distracts his men by attacking them, but he survives, and cuts the throat of [[spoiler:Sergeant Jemal]] before Joshua and Major Hasan escape.
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* OutlivingOnesOffspring: What Joshua Connor went through after the Battle of Gallipoli. [[spoiler:Eventually he finds one of his sons still alive.]]
* SecondLove: Joshua and Ayshe are implied to end up becoming this for one another, after his wife drowned herself, and ''her'' husband got killed in the war.
* SecondLove: Joshua and Ayshe are implied to end up becoming this for one another, after his wife drowned herself, and ''her'' husband got killed in the war.
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* SuicideIsShameful: When Ed bleeds for hours and suffers horribly, he asks his also wounded brother Artie to shoot him. He can't go to heaven if he shoots himself.
--> '''Ed:''' Artie. They won't let me into heaven.
--> '''Artie:''' You can't ask me.
--> '''Ed:''' You have to do it.
--> '''Ed:''' Artie. They won't let me into heaven.
--> '''Artie:''' You can't ask me.
--> '''Ed:''' You have to do it.
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i can't remember the name right now, the book i have on it is currently on lend to someone else...
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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The screenwriters were inspired to write the film when while doing research for another project, they came across a diary entry from an Australian military official about a father who came to Turkey to recover the body of his son.
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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The screenwriters were inspired to write the film when while doing research for another project, they came across a diary entry from an Australian military official about a father who came to Turkey to recover the body of his son. In reality, there was only one son, and he died at the Battle of the Nek, not Lone Pine, though both battles took place on the same weekend as part of the August Offensive.
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* HellIsThatNoise: The prolonged moaning Henry made as he bled out (echoed by all the other dying and injured soldiers on the battlefield) is a mixture of gut-wrenching, psychologically torturing and probably quite true-to-life for some slowly bleeding to death.
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* FightingForAHomeland: Connor is Istanbul just in time to see the Turkish nationalists beginning to rise up against the Ottomans. Major Hasan and Sergeant Jemal are both secret supporters of Mustafa Kemal.
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involved. Also known as the final film by ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' cinematographer Andrew Lesnie who passed away shortly after it's completion.
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* ArcSymbol: Water features quite often in the film, including Connor's divining and Ayshe's talent for reading fortunes in tea leaves.
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The film also stars Olga Kurylenko, Jai Courtney, Isabel Lucas, Yilmaz Erdogan, Yılmaz Erdoğan, Ryan Corr, and Cem Yilmaz.Yılmaz. The film premiered in Australia in December 2014. It will be released in America in April 2015. Critics have praised Crowe's performances and the acting from all involved.
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Crowe stars as Connor, an Australian water diviner who travels to Turkey three years after the battle of Gallipoli to retrieve the bodies of his three sons who died there. Meeting with resistance from both the remaining ANZAC forces and the Turks, Connor finds himself learning more about the cost of the battle to all parties, and experiencing life in Turkey.
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Crowe stars as Connor, an Australian water diviner who travels to Turkey three years after [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarOne the battle of Gallipoli Gallipoli]] to retrieve the bodies of his three sons who died there. Meeting with resistance from both the remaining ANZAC forces and the Turks, Connor finds himself learning more about the cost of the battle to all parties, and experiencing life in Turkey.
* {{Determinator}}: Connor is not leaving Turkey without his sons.
* DrivenToSuicide: Lizzie Connor, having passed the DespairEventHorizon after losing all of her sons.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: Connor finds Arthur alive and returns to Istanbul, where he reunites with Ayshe.]]
* FightingForAHomeland: Connor is Istanbul just in time to see the Turkish nationalists beginning to rise up against the Ottomans. Major Hasan and Sergeant Jemal are both secret supporters of Mustafa Kemal.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: Connor finds Arthur alive and returns to Istanbul, where he reunites with Ayshe.]]
* FightingForAHomeland: Connor is Istanbul just in time to see the Turkish nationalists beginning to rise up against the Ottomans. Major Hasan and Sergeant Jemal are both secret supporters of Mustafa Kemal.
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* FakeNationality: Ukranian Olga Kurylenko as IrishPriest: Father [=McIntyre=].
* MercyKill: [[spoiler: Arthur shoots a mortally wounded Henry in theTurkish Ayshe.head at his request.]]
* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler: The Australian forces excavating at Gallipoli find the remains of Edward and Henry Connor, but not Arthur.]]
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* MercyKill: [[spoiler: Arthur shoots a mortally wounded Henry in the
* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler: The Australian forces excavating at Gallipoli find the remains of Edward and Henry Connor, but not Arthur.]]
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'''The Water Diviner''' is an Australian war movie / drama notable for being the first film directed by Creator/RussellCrowe.
Crowe stars as Connor, an Australian water diviner who travels to Turkey three years after the battle of Gallipoli to retrieve the bodies of his three sons who died there. Meeting with resistance from both the remaining ANZAC forces and the Turks, Connor finds himself learning more about the cost of the battle to all parties, and experiencing life in Turkey.
The film also stars Olga Kurylenko, Jai Courtney, Isabel Lucas, Yilmaz Erdogan, Ryan Corr, and Cem Yilmaz. The film premiered in Australia in December 2014. It will be released in America in April 2015. Critics have praised Crowe's performances and the acting from all involved.
!!Tropes Featured in The Water Diviner Include:
* ArcSymbol: Water features quite often in the film, including Connor's divining and Ayshe's talent for reading fortunes in tea leaves.
* BeleagueredBureaucrat / ObstructiveBureaucrat: You can't really blame the Turks for not listening to Connor, considering they are having to deal with their war against Greece. Similarly, the British and ANZAC troops are still trying to find graves for all of their own soldiers.
* DiviningDevice: Connor's ability to find water is a recurring element of his character.
* HostileWeather: One flashback shows Connor protecting his sons from a freak dust storm.
* FakeNationality: Ukranian Olga Kurylenko as the Turkish Ayshe.
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The screenwriters were inspired to write the film when while doing research for another project, they came across a diary entry from an Australian military official about a father who came to Turkey to recover the body of his son.
* WarIsHell: The battle sequences are horrific and terrifying, both from the Australian and Turkish perspective.
Crowe stars as Connor, an Australian water diviner who travels to Turkey three years after the battle of Gallipoli to retrieve the bodies of his three sons who died there. Meeting with resistance from both the remaining ANZAC forces and the Turks, Connor finds himself learning more about the cost of the battle to all parties, and experiencing life in Turkey.
The film also stars Olga Kurylenko, Jai Courtney, Isabel Lucas, Yilmaz Erdogan, Ryan Corr, and Cem Yilmaz. The film premiered in Australia in December 2014. It will be released in America in April 2015. Critics have praised Crowe's performances and the acting from all involved.
!!Tropes Featured in The Water Diviner Include:
* ArcSymbol: Water features quite often in the film, including Connor's divining and Ayshe's talent for reading fortunes in tea leaves.
* BeleagueredBureaucrat / ObstructiveBureaucrat: You can't really blame the Turks for not listening to Connor, considering they are having to deal with their war against Greece. Similarly, the British and ANZAC troops are still trying to find graves for all of their own soldiers.
* DiviningDevice: Connor's ability to find water is a recurring element of his character.
* HostileWeather: One flashback shows Connor protecting his sons from a freak dust storm.
* FakeNationality: Ukranian Olga Kurylenko as the Turkish Ayshe.
* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The screenwriters were inspired to write the film when while doing research for another project, they came across a diary entry from an Australian military official about a father who came to Turkey to recover the body of his son.
* WarIsHell: The battle sequences are horrific and terrifying, both from the Australian and Turkish perspective.
