A FATHER’S JOURNEY IN SEARCH OF HIS SONS.Ā
One year after the end of World War I, Joshua Connor (Russell Crowe) makes his way to Gallipoli, convinced that heāll be able to find his three sons among the peninsulaās many corpses. Croweās directing debut is ambitious. He clearly wants it to be a sweeping epic with a bit of adventure thrown in, as well as a romance between his character and a sultry Turkish hotel manager (Olga Kurylenko). At the same time, it is also a touching and very dark story about the horrors of this war and its aftermath (in the shape of continually clashing cultures), and a fatherās grief and determination. Attractively shot, but uneven.
2014-Australia-Turkey-U.S. 111 min. Color. Widescreen. Directed byĀ Russell Crowe. Novel: Andrew Anastasios, Meaghan Wilson-Anastasios. Cinematography: Andrew Lesnie. Cast: Russell Crowe (Joshua Connor), Olga Kurylenko (Ayshe), Yilmaz Erdogan (Hasan), Cem Yilmaz, Jai Courtney, Ryan Corr.
Trivia: Co-executive produced by Brett Ratner.