VIDEO: First Look - Russell Crowe Makes Directorial Debut in THE WATER DIVINER

Russell Crowe makes his directorial debut in the new drama THE WATER DIVINER. Check out the first official trailer below!

Set in 1919 after the Battle of Gallipoli--a futile attempt by the allies to take a prominent Ottoman peninsula during World War I--The Water Diviner follows an Australian farmer named Connor (Russell Crowe) who travels to Turkey determined to bring back the bodies of his sons after they are presumably killed in battle, only to find out their might be more hope for them than he thought.

Directed by and starring Academy Award-winner Russell Crowe (Gladiator, Noah), the film co-stars Olga Kurylenko, Jai Courtney and Jacqueline McKenzie, and will hit theaters in Australia on December 26th. The Weinstein Company, which acquired the drama at this year's Cannes Film Festival, has not set a U.S. release date.