A ls “Gladiator” Russell Crowe celebrated his international breakthrough and won for his performance in 2001 even an Oscar. Since then, the New Zealander men who wrangle with themselves and their environment embodied repeatedly. Now Crowe ventured for the first time to step behind the camera and provides the opulent drama “The promise of a life” before his directorial debut. Here the protagonist fights against the adversities of life.
starting point and background of this film is the historic battle on the Turkish Gallipoli Peninsula during World War II. It was for control of the Bosphorus; British, French, Australians and New Zealanders fought against the Ottoman Empire. Crowe (“A Beautiful Mind”) embodied in the drama a traumatized Australian who in 1919, four years after the battle, it makes to clarify the whereabouts of his three sons lost in Turkey.
” The promise of a life “begins with beautifully photographed landscape impressions, not let the sadness and melancholy of this first directorial effort by Crowe really imagine: Farmer Joshua looking for water in the Australian outback, with his dog, his horse and a divining rod. Great is the joy when he meets with precious wet. To then but few scenes to be retrieved later by his desperate woman into reality: “You can see the water, but not your own children!”
Pretty but unlikely pair
Arthur, Henry and Edward were reported at Gallipoli as a fallen, their bodies are missing. After the suicide of his wife, Joshua makes then but on the way gene Konstantin Opel. British Military prohibiting initially access to the battlefields of Gallipoli, in the beautiful Turkish widow Ayshe (Olga Kurylenko; “James Bond 007: Quantum of Solace”) but Joshua has an ally
Crowe and Kurylenko enter so pretty as rather unlikely pair into this quite ambitious, in Australia a number of awards at the roofed AACTA Awards plant. Kurylenko – the movie career of originating from Ukraine Models began a decade ago – is always peeled from the egg as in the role of a widowed female manager. One can argue admirably on their occupation, Kurylenko participation in this film but is likely considering its appeal at the box office hardly hurt.
Opulent images with dazzling colors
Very Slowly come Kurylenko and Crowe, who separated from one another after all, 15 years is closer in this drama, really formulated the looming, releasing on formulaic romance dialogues of the two but fortunately not. Moving to Crowe’s film are quite different things: his performance as a grieving father who seeks to empty battlefields for remains of his children, who finally want to have certainty, does not give up
“The Water. Diviner “(original title) is a thoughtful and yet always thoughtful to entertainment film. As directed by debutant Crowe demonstrates a knack for opulent images, which also on the performance of the just who died before the age of 59 cameraman Andrew Lesnie (“The Lord of the Rings”) is, of course. The puts on a beguiling, albeit sometimes kitsch trending color palette. Special joy to Crowe and Lesnie have had in the creation of an Istanbul, which seems to be the most beautiful fantasies of the Arabian sprung night:. Color gorgeous costumes over exuberant markets up to a picturesque circumcision ceremony
In all pretty lit, as if Hollywood-esque melodrama Crowe never forgets but the serious background of his story. In flashbacks, he tells of the brutal death at Gallipoli to still emphasize uncredited his debut, that “The promise of a life” is dedicated to those victims of war, the “lost and nameless” have remained.
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