Russell Crowe’s directorial debut, The Water Diviner, is to screen at Jameson Dublin International Film Festival on Friday March 20. The Academy award winning actor will introduce the film and participate in a post-screening Q&A at the Savoy Cinema.
As The Water Diviner begins, it's four years after the battle of Gallipoli in Turkey during World War I, Australian farmer and water diviner Joshua Connor (Russell Crowe) travels to Istanbul to discover the fate of his three sons who enlisted. They have been reported as missing in action.
When Joshua's questions are blocked by military bureaucracy, he is assisted by a beautiful hotel owner (Olga Kurylenko). Major Hassan, a Turkish war hero (Yilmaz Erdogan) also becomes an unlikely ally.
The 13th Jameson Dublin International Film Festival takes place from March 19– 29. The full lineup for the Festival programme will be announced on Wednesday February 25. The Water Diviner will be released in cinemas on April 3.
Tickets for the Friday March 20 screening at The Savoy can be purchased online http://bit.ly/1McTsGv or www.jdiff.com or at the box office, 13 Lower Ormond Quay, Dublin, Monday to Friday 11.am - 5pm.
