Jindabyne (film)

Jindabyne is a 2006 Australian drama film by director Ray Lawrence and starring Gabriel Byrne, Laura Linney, DeborraLee Furness and John Howard. Jindabyne was filmed entirely on location in and around the town of the same name Jindabyne, New South Wales, situated next to the Snowy Mountains. The film was written by Beatrix Christian, and was adapted from the Raymond Carver short story, So Much Water So Close to Home, which was also the basis for one of the storylines in Robert Altmans Short Cuts. Carvers story had been retold in song by Paul Kelly in his song Everythings Turning to White, from his 1989 album So Much Water So Close to Home and Paul Kelly would go on to write the score to this film as well.

On an annual fishing trip, in isolated high country, Stewart Gabriel Byrne, Carl John Howard, Rocco Stelios Yiakmis and Billy Simon Stone find a girls body in the river she has been brutally murdered by Gregory Chris Haywood, a local electrician. The girl Tatea Reilly turns out subsequently to be Aboriginal. The men initially suggest hiking back the following morning as it is too late in the day to safely navigate their way to their trucks. They secure the girls body by the ankle to the riverbank, so she will not drift downstream and get lost in the rapids. However, Stewart the next day goes fishing and, after catching an especially large fish, the men decide to spend the rest of the afternoon continuing their trip before informing the police in the morning.While the men are gone, some of the mens wives Jude and Claire and Roccos girlfriend Carmel, get together socially. During their conversation, Jude Carls wife reveals that their daughter died nearly two years ago, leaving them to raise their granddaughter CailinCalandria, who has psychological issues and Jude shows resentment towards. When Stewarts wife, Claire Laura Linney remarks that she does not think Stewart would want more children, Jude reveals that Claire had a mental breakdown after her son Tom was born and left the family formonths. ........

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